Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
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An education in trauma
December 8, 2023 —
Dr. Gabor Maté advocates for a more significant focus on trauma education in medical schools, emphasizing its crucial role in understanding and addressing various health conditions, particularly in marginalized communities.
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Physical therapy student promotes movement with household items
December 6, 2023 —
Second-year UM physical therapy student Amanda Shiplack believes that exercise should be seen as fun, rather than a chore. That’s the approach she used when creating a one-day event for people with cognitive and physical challenges at a local geriatric day hospital earlier this year.
Exploring virtual reality in teaching and learning
December 5, 2023 —
One of the newer opportunities in simulation education is virtual reality, which provides opportunities to teach things like prioritization, problem solving, and clinical decision-making skills.
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Students, educators share ‘common nursing experience’
December 5, 2023 —
When Bryn Sitarik first began studying at UM in 2016, she was interested in a business degree, with a focus on human resources. But after an experience working at CancerCare Manitoba in Summer 2018, she shifted her focus to nursing.
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Six grad students receive Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize
December 5, 2023 —
The 2023 Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to six distinguished learners.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Launches Indigenous Graduate Fellowship
December 4, 2023 —
New initiative emphasizes the importance of Indigenous perspectives in health research and seeks to create a more inclusive learning environment.
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Dentistry, dental hygiene Awards Evening celebrates successes
December 1, 2023 —
The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and the School of Dental Hygiene celebrated the achievements of its hard-working students, faculty and staff at its Awards Evening last week.
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PhD in pharmacology helps grad thrive in business
November 23, 2023 —
Dr. Waylon Hunt took an unusual path to co-founding and leading a lab-based business, Intrinsic Analytics.
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Rady grad student profile: Saeid Maghsoudi working on new drug to save newborns
November 21, 2023 —
Saeid Maghsoudi’s research aims to develop a drug to treat babies that are short of oxygen at birth.
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Marking 140 years of health research impact
November 17, 2023 —
The Max Rady College of Medicine at UM is marking a milestone. It’s been 140 years since it was founded in 1883 as the Manitoba Medical College, Western Canada’s first medical school.