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Two CenterNet conferences will be held this week. "The PATH Investigation: Strategies for Academic Health Centers" will be from 11 a.m. to noon March 5 in the Clendening Amphitheater and "Clinical Controversies in the Management of Cholesterol" will be from noon to 2 p.m. March 6 in Wahl West Auditorium.
"What's New in Diabetes" will be March 7 at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, Mo, and March 8 in Lied Auditorium. This 18th annual symposium is presented by the department of internal medicine and the Cray Diabetes Management Center. For more information, call continuing education, ext. 4488.
"Case Management: Linking Together for Better Outcomes" will be held March 6 and 7 at the Adam's Mark Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. The program is presented by the KU School of Nursing and the Mid America Case Management Society. For more information, call continuing education, ext. 4488.
Kathleen O'Connell, RN, PhD, professor, and Judith Calhoun, RN, PhD, former faculty member, presented "An Item-Response Theory Approach to Measuring the Serious-Minded/Playful Dimension of Reversal Theory's Telic/Paratelic States" at the Feb. 22 "New Rules of Measurement: What Every Psychologist and Educator Should Know" conference in Lawrence.
Ann Cobb, RN, PhD, professor, presented "Healing in Cross-Cultural Perspective;" met with faculty about therapeutic touch; and gave a presentation on shamanism during a Feb. 24 and 25 visit to Western Missouri State College, St. Joseph. On March 12, she will present a half-day workshop, "Cultural Competence in Health Care for the Medically Underserved," for the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved in Hutchinson. Karen Anderson, graduate student, will present a unit on poverty and health care as a part of this workshop. On March 13, she will discuss "Global Health: A Student and Faculty Brazilian Experience" at the Sigma Theta Tau Delta Chapter general membership meeting at KU Medical Center. She also has an upcoming talk on cultural diversity at Frank Rushton Elementary School, Kansas City, Kan. On March 8, she will be among a panel of presenters discussing their international experiences at a high school conference on the Lawrence campus.
Judith Mathewson, MS, RRT, assistant professor, and Mike Czervinske, RRT, instructor, both in respiratory therapy education, gave two presentations at the Feb. 13 and 14 Midwest Respiratory Care Symposium at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. Mathewson presented "Pharmacologic Treatment of Respiratory Disorders, Parts 1 and 2." Czervinske presented "Send 'Em Home on Oxygen: Technology and Considerations" and "Hi-Fi &emdash; How Loud Should We Get? Strategies for High Frequency Ventilation of the Neonate."
The first of a two-part article, "Infection Control in Mechanically Ventilated Patients," by Paul Mathews, EdS, RRT, FCCM, associate professor of respiratory care education, was published in the February issues of NURSING97.
Pete Beyer, MS, RD, associate professor of dietetics and nutrition, taped three multidisciplinary continuing education programs for the Dallas-based Health Sciences Television Network. The programs will be shown at 1,600 health care institutions across the United States. The topics include "Nutrition and Wound Healing," "Nutrition in End-Stage Liver Disease" and "Nutrition in Irritable Bowel Syndrome."
Steve Figoni, PhD, associate professor of physical therapy education, is co-editor of a book section, "Neuromuscular Disorders," which will be published in ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities, Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, Ill. The book is scheduled for publication in April. He also is the author of a chapter, "Spinal Cord Injury."
Nominations are being accepted for the Kemper Fellowships which honor KU Medical Center faculty (Kansas City and Wichita campuses) who have demonstrated outstanding teaching and advising. The fellowships are $5,000 for one year. Nominations, due March 24, should be sent to A.L. Chapman, PhD, Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, 5015 Wescoe.
An article, "Substance Abuse in Nursing: Forming Policies," by Noreen Thompson, RN, MSN, CS, clinical nurse specialist; Sandra Handley, RN, PhD, senior research associate in the School of Nursing; and Sheila Uhing-Nguyen, RN, BSN, former nurse manager, was published in the February 1997 issue of Nursing Management.
The next Primary Care Forum will be from 5 to 6 p.m. March 11 in Wahl East Auditorium. Robert Graham, MD, executive vice-president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, will discuss "Primary Care Specialties: Prospects for the Future." A reception will precede the lecture at 4:30 p.m. in the Hixson Atrium.
The next Center on Aging Ethical Analysis Seminar will be from noon to 1 p.m. March 12 in 2004 Orr-Major. The topic will be "Doctor, Please Don't Tell Auntie It's Cancer."
Dorothy Knoll, PhD, dean of student services, has been selected to participate in the Fulbright Commission 1997 Seminar for U.S. Administrators in International Education. The April 5-26 seminar focuses on German higher education and society. The program is designed for U.S. university, college and community college administrators whose current responsibilities have a direct relation to international exchanges in higher education. The program includes meetings in Bonn, Rostock, Greifswald, Berlin and other cities in eastern and western Germany. The 25 participants also will meet with their German counterpart administrators.
International studies will present an international health elective seminar at noon March 12 in Lied Auditorium. Sara Hoehn and Joy Murphy, fourth-year medical students, will discuss "Medicine at the Largest Hospital in the World &emdash; Baragwanath, Johannesburg, South Africa."
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