After a successful run that spanned five decades, the final Impact was published in January 2020.  Impact was UTMB Health’s employee newsletter. It evolved from a one color printed tabloid newspaper to a full color magazine with a digital component. We’ve archived the past several years on these pages for your review and enjoyment.

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    Making a Match

    May 5, 2019, 11:10 AM by Shannon Porter

    Every year, on the third Friday in March, Match Day reveals to graduating medical students where they will fulfill residency training for their chosen specialty. UTMB students gathered with family and friends on March 15 to learn the next step of their long journey toward a career in medicine.

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    Networking to improve global health

    October 8, 2018, 20:15 PM by Jessica Wyble

    Aiming to get ahead of the rising threat posed by infectious disease and further UTMB’s mission to improve the health of the people of Texas and beyond, UTMB’s Dr. Peter Melby has been working diligently with his colleagues in the Department of Internal Medicine to organize and guide the efforts of the Global Infectious Disease Research Network, an initiative funded by the Office of the Provost.

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    2018 President's Cabinet Awards

    October 6, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann

    Twenty-seven UTMB faculty, staff and students recently received UTMB President’s Cabinet awards for projects that promote outreach, education and improved patient care in the community. This year’s awards program doubled as an anniversary celebration, as 2018 marks the 25th year of the distinctive organization.

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    UTMB School of Health Professions celebrates 50th anniversary

    October 5, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann

    For more than five decades, UTMB's School of Health Professions has educated generations of health care professionals who have become leaders in their fields and changed the world through life-altering care and research.

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    Marking a milestone

    September 5, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann

    When the 2018 School of Health Professions graduates received their degrees in August they joined more than 12,000 others who have earned degrees and certificates since the school’s founding in 1968.

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    Time-honored Tradition

    July 5, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann

    When the 2018 School of Medicine graduates walked in to receive their degrees this year, they followed in the footsteps of generations past being led by the university’s ceremonial mace, a symbol of academia dating back to medieval times.

  • The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded 39 degrees on May 18.

    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awards 39 degrees

    June 4, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann

    UTMB’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded 39 degrees during its commencement ceremony May 18 in Levin Hall. Each year, a highlight of the school’s commencement is the presentation of four prestigious awards.

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    Nursing graduation is a family affair

    May 28, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann

    You might say that six of the 578 graduates who received their degrees from UTMB’s School of Nursing on April 20 were “keeping it in the family” because they have family members who either work or teach at UTMB.

  • Adam and Christine Kley hike Montaña de Colores, or Rainbow Mountain, in Peru.

    Couple travels their way to a "match"

    April 19, 2018, 19:34 PM by Kurt Koopmann and Shannon Porter

    When medical students Adam and Christine Kley sat in UTMB’s Levin Hall Auditorium in Galveston on March 16 to find out where they would be continuing their training, it was the culmination of a long and winding road that included marriage and a life-changing experience in South America.

  • Jesus Arzua (middle), a physical therapy student in UTMB's School of Health Professions, ran this year's FunD Run to help support his fellow students.

    View from the top

    April 19, 2018, 19:30 PM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    When Jesus Urzua ran across the Galveston Causeway on March 3 as part of the School of Health Professions’ FunD Run 5K, he did it not just for the stunning bay views—he did it to benefit students, much like himself.

  • Students gather in Levin Hall for the What's Wrong With Warren debrief. Photo Credit: Jerome Crowder.

    From hypothetical to reality: UTMB’s historical specimen exhibit engages history and humanities, brings interprofessional simulation to life

    April 19, 2018, 19:26 PM by By Dr. Arlene Macdonald, assistant professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities; and Dr. Paula Summerly, research project manager with the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine

    Each year in January, “Warren” enters the UTMB learning environment. Close to 1,000 first-year students from all UTMB schools—Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences—engage in a fictional interprofessional case study entitled “What’s Wrong With Warren?”

  • Dr. José Rojas works with students during a simulation.

    Interprofessional from the start: Since the beginning of his teaching career, Dr. José Rojas has emphasized a team approach

    February 23, 2018, 16:14 PM by Stephen Hadley

    Throughout his teaching career, Dr. José D. Rojas has stressed the importance of interprofessional education in better preparing his respiratory care students for careers in the medical field. Rojas, associate professor and chair of UTMB’s Department of Respiratory Care in the School of Health Professions, saw firsthand the value of students working in interdisciplinary teams when he taught at Midland College in the late 1980s.

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    Learn together, work as a team

    January 25, 2018, 13:27 PM by Shelley Smith

    Preparing students for clinical rotations provided an ideal opportunity for interprofessional practice at the Clinical Skills Experience held recently in UTMB’s Interprofessional Nursing Simulation Center. Nursing students served as instructors and coaches for medical students gaining skills for basic procedures and learning to manage high-acuity situations.

  • Current School of Health Professions students helped kick off the SHP's 50th anniversary celebrations

    School of Health Professions celebrates 50 years of success, innovation

    December 20, 2017, 09:05 AM by Shannon Porter

    Since 1968, UTMB's School of Health Professions, then known as the School of Allied Health Sciences, has dedicated its efforts toward training a key part of the health care work force and advancing knowledge of the disciplines it teaches all across Texas—and beyond.

  • (L-R) Former AMT directors Drs. Ruth Levine, Vicki Freeman and S. Lynn Knox with current director, Dr. Bernard Karnath.

    UTMB’s Academy of Master Teachers celebrates 10 years of recognizing outstanding teachers, promoting educational excellence

    November 20, 2017, 11:16 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford

    There’s no question—Dr. Ruth Levine has always loved teaching. “When I see students get that ‘spark’ of understanding and start putting things together, it’s exciting for them—and me,” said Levine, assistant dean for educational affairs and director of the Office of Clinical Education within the School of Medicine. “Any kind of learning should be fun. If it’s not fun, you’re not doing it right.”

  • Left to right: Dr. Danny Jacobs, James Akers, Cecilia Garcia-Akers, Stephanie Tutak, Dr. David Callender

    Incorporating cultural competence to provide quality health care to all

    November 20, 2017, 11:15 AM by Shannon Porter

    Stephanie Tutak is inspired by Dr. Hector P. Garcia’s story, his commitment to service and his role in improving access to health care. So when the fourth-year medical student was named the winner of the 2017 Hector P. Garcia, M.D. Cultural Competence Award during the annual luncheon Oct. 6 on the Galveston Campus, she felt honored to play a part in carrying out his legacy.

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