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North Dakota’s only mobile medical simulation program, UND’s Simulation In Motion-North Dakota (SIM-ND), is coming to a community near you. In July, the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) traveling program announced the arrival of two new “sprinter” style simulation vans — modeled on the slightly smaller, more agile ambulances typically seen on the […]

Some sayings in medicine are rather obsolete (“Watch one, do one, teach one,” for example). Both in medicine and society, we might hear, “Fake it till you make it.” There is both wisdom and risk in this. Clearly the risk relating to those in safety-sensitive occupations (healthcare, aviation, engineering) would be misrepresenting one’s ability or […]

The Study, a North Dakota-based nonprofit for lifelong learners, is screening the film Expedition Greenland across North Dakota in September and October. The Grand Forks screening will be held on Oct. 10 at UND’s Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center and will include a conversation between UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Emergency […]

Big congratulations to Dan Stone, P.T., D.P.T., assistant professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Physical Therapy, and Bappa Ghosh, Ph.D., and Motoki Takaku, Ph.D., from the SMHS Department of Biomedical Sciences, who were winners at the UND Center for Innovation’s Lift-Off Showcase entrepreneurship competition this week. As part of […]

There are many ways to spend your breaks at work. You could answer a few more emails, take a walk, sit outside, catch up on your to-do list, scroll through your phone, or, if you’re feeling like a multitasker, eat lunch outside while answering emails and scrolling through your phone. Or you could read a […]

The Health In Action podcast from the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Dean’s Office is back! Dr. Paula Termuhlen, vice dean and chief operating officer of the SMHS, arrived at UND recently amid a distinguished leadership career in accreditation and graduate medical education. She sat down with her long-time colleague, SMHS Dean Dr. […]

Last weekend I attended the funeral of a family friend. Having been raised in a large extended Irish Catholic family, I have been attending funerals since childhood (and hearing entertaining stories about Irish wakes). Some individuals experience grief often, and from an early age. Others may be able to avoid it well into adulthood. But […]

One of the many debilitating symptoms of sickle cell disease (SCD) – a genetic condition where a person’s red blood cells assume a sickle shape, inhibiting their flow into and out of vessels and capillaries – is chronic pain. Because the mechanisms underlying SCD-induced pain are poorly understood, treatments have been few and far between, […]

Over the past year, we’ve made tremendous progress reducing the number of PDFs on UND websites. We started with approximately 8,000 PDFs and are now down to 3,179, or a 60% total reduction. While that’s a significant accomplishment, there is still work to do. Of the 3,000+ PDFs remaining on the website, 91% still need […]

Welcome to the new Safety Corner series in For Your Health, brought to you by the SMHS facilities team. Today’s topic is “Small habits, safer spaces.” Safety isn’t a once-a-year training — it’s a set of habits we practice every day. This month’s Safety Corner is a quick refresher on the basics that keep our […]