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• Students help bring point-of-care ultrasound into curriculum
  Aug 25, 2021 -- KU School of Medicine-Wichita students are helping bring point-of-care ultrasound, known as POCUS, into the campus curriculum.
• Being neighborly: Students, staff help with A. Price Woodard neighborhood cleanup
  Aug 25, 2021 -- Through the Wichita Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Partnerships Committee at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, members are introduced to area organizations and learn of possible collaborations.
• Dean Garold Minns, faculty and alumni honored as Health Care Heroes
  Aug 23, 2021 -- Dean Garold Minns, M.D., is receiving a Lifetime Achievement award, and several faculty and alumni of KU School of Medicine-Wichita are also being recognized by the Wichita Business Journal as Health Care Heroes this year.
• Sept. 17 is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day
  Aug 23, 2021 -- "As a society and a professional community, it is more important now than ever to foster awareness, reduce stigma and promote a culture of self-care and help-seeking," said Nicole Klaus, Ph.D., ABPP, associate professor at KU School of Medicine-Wichita.
• KU School of Medicine-Wichita milestones highlighted during Hawks & Highways
  Aug 12, 2021 -- Dr. Kallail highlighted the many medical milestones at KU School of Medicine-Wichita over the last 50 years.
• 4-Wichita board welcomes new medical students
  Jul 29, 2021 -- Members of the 4-Wichita Advancement Board at KU School of Medicine-Wichita made sure the new class of medical students arriving on campus had a warm Wichita welcome.
• Campus changes due to COVID-19
  Jun 15, 2021 -- The health and well-being of our students, faculty, staff and the community are paramount.
• First Story Slam shares experiences, laughter and tears
  Jun 10, 2021 -- Medical students, residents and physicians gathered one evening to share their version of a Story Slam — honest, personal and sometimes difficult stories of their experiences; not in hopes of winning any prizes, but to connect with each other and reflect on the impact of the encounters.

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• A golden year for medicine: KU School of Medicine-Wichita celebrates 50 years
  May 28, 2021 -- This September, Sept. 17 to be exact, will be the 50th anniversary of the Kansas Board of Regents’ approval of what we know today as KU School of Medicine-Wichita.
• Kansas Project ADAM provides CPR training at WSU fraternity, sorority
  May 03, 2021 -- Jake Umscheid, M.D., second-year KU Wichita pediatric resident, and Aaron Ryan, RN, MBA, FACMPE, executive director of KU Wichita Medical Practice Association, provided a hands-free CPR training class to about 20 undergraduates from Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and Alpha Phi Sorority at Wichita State University as part of Kansas Project ADAM.