Archived editions of “Community Health Line,” a UNMC radio program which airs each Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to noon on KIOS-FM (91.5), can now be heard via the Internet on UNMC’s News and Information site: http://www.unmc.edu/2/newsarchive/chl/index.htm.
The idea for making the radio program available via the Internet was prompted by the UNMC Center for Continuing Education, which worked with the department of public affairs to make it happen.
Co-hosted by William Gust, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine, and Tom O’Connor, senior associate director of public affairs, Community Health Line explores a wide variety of medical topics utilizing a call-in format. Each week, the program features guest experts, usually from UNMC or Nebraska Health System.
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Tom O’Connor, left, and Bill Gust, M.D., have co-hosted Community Health Line for more than 15 years. |
“The program is a great way for people to keep up-to-date with what’s happening on the UNMC campus,” said O’Connor, who has co-hosted the show since 1987. “It’s also a good opportunity for people who aren’t able to listen on the radio to be able to hear the shows at their convenience.”
“Having a weekly program on a National Public Radio affiliate is an ideal tool to communicate the newest activities in medicine,” said Dr. Gust, who began doing the show in 1985. “Public radio reaches a very educated audience which is interested in the cutting edge of medical care. It’s a perfect fit with UNMC.”
Links to shows dating to Nov. 20, 2002, are currently archived on the site.
The five most recent shows are as follows:
- June 11 – Steven Sims, M.D., otolaryngology – head & neck surgery; voice disorders;
- June 4 – Mark Rupp, M.D., internal medicine/infectious diseases, SARS and other epidemic infectious diseases;
- May 28 – Lynn Mousel, M.D., psychiatry, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;
- May 21 – Dan Mathers, M.D., internal medicine/cardiology, congestive heart failure and other heart problems;
- May 14 – Don McNamara, Ph.D., Egg Nutrition Center, nutritional benefits of eggs.
Some future programs scheduled will feature the following guests:
- June 18 (today) – Cindy Hanssen, NHS, Simply Well preventive medicine program;
- June 25 – Sam Augustine, Pharm.D., College of Pharmacy, Marsha Morien, advanced biomedical technologies, and Kimberly Lamb, Ph.D., UNeMed, on biotechnology and the BIO 2003 show in Washington, D.C.;
- July 16 — Renee Young, M.D., internal medicine/gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease/Crohn’s disease
- July 30 — Bryce Lund, M.D., internal medicine/nephrology, kidney disease
O’Connor said he also hopes to make the archived shows available via the KIOS-FM Web site (www.kios.org) later this month.
In order to hear the archived programs online, listeners will need to have a downloaded version of RealPlayer® 8 installed on their computer. For questions about the program or suggestions for future topics, please contact UNMC Public Affairs at 559-4353.