When it comes to the word education, what comes to mind? Maybe days as a child on the playground.

Just over a year ago, Dr. Deborah Kuhls was nearing the end of her shift in the University Medical Center's trauma unit in Las Vegas. It was a Sunday like any other, the trauma surgeon said.

David Becker said he strives for honesty and compassion in his day-to-day work as a photojournalist.

And the night of Oct. 1, 2017, was no different, he said during a panel discussion Friday night at UNLV.

Freelance photographer David Becker pauses to collect himself as he stares down at the notes on his lap he says he needs to accurately detail the sequence of events from a year ago. He’d ramble otherwise, he says.

They sought a carefree weekend out on the town.

Some were from Vegas, many drove in from Southern California, and others journeyed on a plane to escape the worries of their everyday lives.

Hundreds of gunshot victims were rushed to local emergency rooms where doctors were put to the test to save as many lives as possible. Local doctors were credited with their heroic efforts for keeping the number of dead from climbing higher than 58.

The Clark County Medical Society held a ‘Stop the Bleed’ training Monday in recognition of One October.

When Bruce Koeppen was founding dean of the medical school at Quinnipiac University in 2010, he made a decision that mirrored the changing technology landscape around him.

Since 2005, more than 30 new medical schools have opened in the United States and many more are planned. My firm, Tripp Umbach, has been involved in more than 20 of these projects, including completing the economic impact study for the medical school at UNLV in Southern Nevada.

Education money may be tight in Southern Nevada, but UNLV just received a little more to go around.

Members of the UNLV medical school Class of 2022 received their white coats on Friday inside Artemus Ham Concert Hall on the campus of UNLV.

They're being called the best and the brightest.