14 undergraduate students participate in UNMC Rural Health Education Network’s Agro-Medicine Workshop May 15-20 in Omaha

The Agro-Medicine workshop is a weeklong program that provides the opportunity for up to 20 undergraduate students in health-related fields to visit the University of Nebraska Medical Center and learn about issues affecting rural citizens. The curriculum includes topics such as:

· Farm safety

· Stress in rural life

· Environmental farm and ranching concerns

· Community health and safety promotion

The workshop gives students the opportunity to shadow rural health professionals (within a 2½-hour drive of Omaha), learn teamwork, and improve presentation skills.
The following is a listing of the students, their hometowns and stated career choice.
Arapahoe: Elizabeth Christensen, pre-nursing
Beaver City: Bridgette Robinson
Burwell: Margaret Evelyn Kucera, pharmacy
David City: Robert Daro, pre-medicine
Holdrege: Nicole Pedersen, pre-physician assistant
Kearney: Joshua Sole, pre-medicine
Shelby: Scott Moon, pre-medicine; Christa Moon, pre-nursing
Spaulding: Hilary Miller, pre-medicine
Cherokee, Iowa: Katie Hofer, pre-medicine
Minden, Iowa: Eddie Leaders, pharmacy
Lakewood, Colo.: Christine Lee, pre-physician assistant
Sioux City, Iowa: Meggan Leigh Johnson, pre-physician assistant
Ahmedabad, India: Burty Macwan, pre-medicine

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