News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
We just held our debriefing session for those of us who attended the recent Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual meeting known as Learn Serve Lead. We joined over 4,500 colleagues from medical schools across the country to compare best practices and discuss common challenges. As promised in a prior column, what follows is […]
Native Elders living in urban locations have needs that are not being met. This finding is significant because over 70% of Elders live in urban areas, not on reservations. This conclusion is a result of the first ever Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey (NUENAS 1.0), which was administered nationally through the National Resource Center […]
Categories: News
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences health and medicine podcast, Dakota Health, released its sixth episode this week: a conversation with Dr. Melanie Nadeau, interim chair of the School’s world-first Department of Indigenous Health. Previous episodes include conversations with Department of Occupational Therapy instructor Rhonda Roed, Director of the UND Indians Into Medicine […]
The 2023 version of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences annual report Vital Signs is available now. Highlights of this year’s report include: More than $3 million in philanthropic activity for the School over the past fiscal year. A 100% Step 1 pass rate for first-time medical students taking the exam between June […]
Categories: Education
For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Yu-Tung Lan, M.D., M.P.H., will present “Using Depression and its Treatment as an Example to Illustrate the Application of Neurocircuit in Psychiatry” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/Video Conference. Dr. Lan is a second-year resident in the UND […]
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In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical student Class of 2026 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit VII for the 2023-24 academic year. The Class of 2026 (Phase 1) Unit VII awardees are the following individuals: Richard Clarens, Pharm.D., Clinical Faculty, […]
Corey Smith, Ph.D., assistant professor in the SMHS Department of Pathology, presented at the annual meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association in New Orleans, Lou., recently. The collaborative workshop, entitled “The State and Future of Digital Mental Health Solutions,” focused on the current landscape of digital mental health solutions, discussed the challenges in designing […]
A just-published article in the highly regarded journal Annals of Internal Medicine raises an important issue related to health science student education. I hesitate somewhat to bring it up because the report relates to the treatment of COVID, and we all are suffering from COVID fatigue and are tired talking (and hearing) about it. That […]
Categories: Events
It’s holiday gathering season, and Dean Joshua Wynne and the entire SMHS administrative team would like to invite you to one of the events the School is sponsoring this December st each regional campus. Members of the extended SMHS family are welcome to join us at one or more of the following events next next month […]
The Office of UND’s Vice President for Research & Economic Development is hosting an Early Career Award program & networking event on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The event will be held at the Gorecki Alumni Center from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided. Everyone is welcome. UND’s Early Career Award […]
Thursday of this week – Nov. 16 – was National Rural Health Day! The State Offices of Rural Health and the National Rural Health Association have designated the third Thursday in November as a day to highlight rural communities as wonderful places to live and work, increase awareness of rural health-related issues, and promote the […]
The Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) is announcing a pilot grant program for 2024-2025. These 1-year pilot grants are designed to fund research addressing the impact of historical and unresolved trauma on health inequities within the American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) populations. Background/Purpose: The ITRRC is funded through the National Institutes of General […]
Categories: Education
For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, Sammantha Kouba, M.D., will discuss noninfectious causes of meningitis and its mimics. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF6A, and […]
Join the UND Libraries team on Tuesday, Nov. 21, for a UND faculty panel on the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on research and publishing. Generative AI introduces both challenges and opportunities for the evolution of new research methodologies and scholarly pursuits, particularly with regard to the production, dissemination, and access to information. Scholars and […]
I, along with about a dozen team members from our medical education program, just got back from the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that was held in Seattle, Wash. All of the schools in the country offering an M.D. degree belong to the AAMC, which is “dedicated to transforming health […]