Med Students Get a ‘Leg Up’ on Anatomy Training from PT Students The peer-to-peer interaction at the College of Medicine’s Anatomy Lab module is leading to a better understanding of each other’s fields.
UCF Nursing Students Get Hands-On Anatomy Training Sophomore nursing student Desiree dos Anjos, was cautious but sure-handed as she inserted a tracheal tube into her patient’s throat. She had read about the…
“The Life Of Pi” And Other First Patient Stories The 26 year-old web developer had a tattoo of the Greek letter, Π on his back, which earned him the nickname “Pi” from six medical…
Engineering Students Learn About Greatest Machine: The Human Body Inspired by her little brother who has two cochlear implants to aid his hearing and an insulin pump to treat his diabetes, Christine Sleppy wants…
Casselberry First Responders Visit Med School To Better Serve Public About 40 Casselberry firefighter-paramedics attended medical school this week to get an inside look at human anatomy – training they said prepares them to do…
UCF College of Medicine Receives Provisional Accreditation The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) awarded the College of Medicine provisional status, the second of three approvals necessary for the college to be…
Lifetime of Learning This year’s 17-week Anatomy Lab included an introductory session in geriatrics to “increase students’ awareness of the aging body and the importance of taking care…
Humble Thanks to a Silent Teacher And on Thursday, first-year medical students at the UCF College of Medicine said a grateful good-bye to the 11 donors who had willed their bodies…
Surgeons in the Making? “Even though we are in Central Florida, we wanted to bring the fall atmosphere to the College of Medicine,” said event organizer Stacie Chitwood. “It…
Artistic ‘Map of Life’ One of the pieces, called “Balance” actually balances in the scorpion yoga position. Another called “Play” reflects a human skeleton in recline. The third piece…
