Pre-Health students,
You are invited to the experience of a lifetime! UNL’s Dr. Marianna Burks is leading a Pre-Health Education Abroad experience to Kigali, Rwanda May 24-June 4, 2025 (with travel days, May 23 – June 5).
This trip was an absolute success last year with many students saying that their time in Rwanda was their most impactful college experience yet! Watch a video by Zoey Armstead who attended the trip in Jan. 2024.
On this trip you will:
• Visit hospitals and healthcare facilities that serve patients on different levels of an economic scale and in rural and urban environments; engage with healthcare professionals about providing care in these diverse spaces
• Learn about and experience the history and culture of Rwanda and make connections to health and healthcare
• Reflect on and engage with challenges all countries encounter with providing healthcare; apply this to your future as a healthcare professional
• Lead service-learning projects that will impact local people’s health
• Earn 3 credit hours for CASC 392
• Spend a weekend on a wildlife safari in Akagera National Park
Dates: May 23 – June 5, 2025 (dates include travel time)
Faculty Leaders: Dr. Marianna Burks, Biological Sciences
Application Deadline: Feb. 1, 2025
More Info and apply: https://unl-global-experiences.via-trm.com/program_brochure/22126/
Scholarship/Financial info: https://global.unl.edu/global-experiences/explore-programs/scholarships/
Questions?: contact Ashley Wallace, ashley.wallace@unl.edu , UNL Global Experiences office
More information is attached and available at https://unl-global-experiences.via-trm.com/program_brochure/22126/
UNK MCAT/OAT/DAT Prep Course – Jan. 6 – May 5
This online course offered by UNK will provide preparation for students taking the DAT/MCAT/OAT in 2025. More information is included on the attached flyer.
When: Monday, Jan. 6 – Monday, May 5 (meets on Monday evenings, 6:30pm-9:30pm)
Where: Zoom
Cost: $600 MCAT or $450 OAT/DAT
Register: https://www.unk.edu/academics/health_sciences/mcat-dat-oat-prep.php
Registration due date: Dec. 31, 2024
Questions? Dr. Surabhi Chandra chandras2@unk.edu
New Course for January 2025: PSYC 393 Human Sexuality
Sexuality and reproduction are integral to patients' overall health and well-being. Being able to identify and address sex-related concerns will make you a more effective healthcare provider. In PSYC 392, you'll deepen your understanding of sexual anatomy, terminology, identity, and communication, all while building essential skills tailored for pre-health students. This course is 1 credit hour and will be meeting in-person for the J term, no prerequisites.
New POLS Course for Spring 2025
POLS 492 – Special Topics - Healthcare Law and Policy - MoWeFr 9:30AM - 10:20AM; Burnett 204
This course primarily focuses on law and policy as it relates to the patient and provider experience. That being said, the course will cover a broad range of topics related to the healthcare system, including, the impact of healthcare financing on the provider and patient. There are no prerequisites, so it should be accessible to students from all academic backgrounds, and it may be of particular interest to students who plan to pursue careers in the law or the healthcare industry.
A few selected topics that will be covered include:
• The duty to accept and treat patients/the right to receive medical care
• Patient abandonment
• Fiduciary nature of the treatment relationship
• Medical malpractice/malpractice reform
• The right to die/the obligation to die
• Organ transplantation
• Genetic technologies and reproductive rights
• Public health authority, including recent changes to vaccination laws
• Civil commitment
• Healthcare financing and reform
• Regulation of healthcare facilities and transactions
Employment Opportunities – PT Techs
LOPT (Lincoln Orthopedic Physical Therapy), at the Pine Lake clinic (27th and Pine Lake), is looking for a tech or two who has morning hours available. These techs typically work 7am-12pm shifts. So if you have these hours open in the Spring semester, please call 402-436-2986 to set up an interview and send your resume to kim@lopt.com.
Complete Physical Therapy is currently looking to hire a tech or two who are Pre-PT or another healthcare related field. This job requires lots of office work (phone skills, scheduling, taking payments, etc.), cleaning (between patients, laundry, etc.), running errands (taking deposits to the bank, picking up SAMs orders, etc.), observing appointments, and assisting with some treatments (as therapists request - this is not a daily occurrence). To be clear, techs will not be hands on with patients. This position requires excellent communication and attention to detail. Pay is minimum wage, $12. Start date would be in December with training over winter break and then a set schedule when semester begins. They have a specific need for daytime help MWF. Please contact Michela Iwanski at 402-483-0006 if interested.
More details at: https://explorecenter.unl.edu