Month May 2025


Prioritizing your mental health 

May is Mental Health Awareness Month – a great reminder to check in on your well-being and to reach out if you need the support of University Medical Center’s Betty Shirley Clinic. Some mental health conditions require professional care to improve; without it, symptoms may worsen. But like physical illness, mental illness can be diagnosed…


UA nursing students gain patient care experience at University Medical Center 

During The University of Alabama’s spring semester, nursing students from UA’s Capstone College of Nursing had the opportunity to enhance their education through hands-on clinical experience at University Medical Center, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences.   Starting in January, 133 nursing students began clinical rotations in UMC’s family medicine and pediatric…


Long-time UMC advocate recognized by honor society 

Dr. Bob McKinney, director of the Office of Case Management and Social Services at University Medical Center, attended a recent Carl A. Elliott Student Honor Society event to highlight a memoir of the late Mary Allen Jolley, a longtime patient at UMC and member of its Patient Advisory Council.   The Elliott Society, of which McKinney…