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Photo of biking signCOAST TO COAST FOR A CURE 2009
Medical students are cycling across the country to raise money for Lea’s Foundation for Leukemia Research.
Dr. Thomas Nowicki, foreground, director of medical simulation at the UConn Health Center, observes medical students Benjamin Silverberg, left, and Austin Schirmer using an external defibrillator to revive their ‘patient,’ a simulator, who is suffering a heart attack.MEDICAL STUDENTS LEARN FROM SIMMAN, A PATIENT SIMULATOR
A high fidelity patient simulator known as SimMan allows students to prod, poke, and pull with barely a peep.

 

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Photo of boy doing sign language.LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE
As medical students at the Health Center, Christine Skurkis and Sarah Schlegel realized they shared two rather unique interests: a love of sign language and a deep desire to help children with special health care needs. Read more (PDF) >

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