Humans get Lyme disease after being bitten by an infected blacklegged tick, and the number of infections is increasing nationwide. A College of Medicine researcher just earned a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to understand how this disease is able to escape our body’s immune system. Her work is important because a recent report from the Centers for … [Read more...]
How Food Can Be ‘Thy Medicine’
UCF medical student Emily Freisen carefully measures out a teaspoon of mustard that will go into salad dressing. At other workstations, her classmates are chopping carrots and peeling onions. The group of 13 students has traded in their white coats for chef’s whites as part of a six-week collaborative culinary medicine course run by UCF’s College of Medicine and the Rosen … [Read more...]
National Match Day
Mother and daughter had traveled this journey together when other medical schools thought Jessica Fernandez couldn’t handle their rigorous programs. Four years later, supporters are showcasing Fernandez’s success at UCF as inspiration for others to follow their dreams. On March 16, they stood at National Match Day, arms around each other, waiting to learn where Fernandez … [Read more...]
Thank You to the Doctors in Our Lives
As a child, I wanted to be a veterinarian, but a guidance counselor told me I was too small to care for cows, horses and hogs. As I became older, my desire to care for others developed into a desire to treat patients and educate the physicians of tomorrow. I’m not alone in that spirit. People who enter medicine – and other healthcare fields – do so because they want to serve … [Read more...]
Actors Provide Med Students With Real-World Training
We call them “SPs,” everyday people who play a key role in helping our students become outstanding, compassionate physicians. SP stands for standardized patient, actors who help educate UCF medical students in our Clinical Skills and Simulation Center in Lake Nona. They pretend to be patients with conditions such as chest pain, a rash and depression. By caring for actors, our … [Read more...]
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