Central Floridians forced to flee their homes during a hurricane are getting help from UCF’s physicians in training. Under a new partnership with Seminole County Emergency Management Services, 20 of our M.D. students have been certified as emergency responders to provide triage services at local shelters during natural disasters. Just weeks after completing their … [Read more...]
19 Years to Medical School
In her words, Sarah Baker’s journey to medical school was “long and winding” as it spanned nearly two decades. She first applied 19 years ago but postponed that dream to raise a family. Last month, with her husband and three children in tow, she received her white coat as one of 120 new medical students in the UCF College of Medicine’s Class of 2023. “A lot of my … [Read more...]
Wrestling Positions Young Athletes for a Variety of Sports
If you’ve ever wrestled with the decision of choosing a sports program for your child, Lake Nona Youth Sports may have the obvious answer: wrestling! Brandon Marshall, director of wrestling for the Lake Nona Junior Lions, launched the fall season this month for kids ages 5 to 15, in collaboration with Kendrick Ellison, wrestling coach for Lake Nona High … [Read more...]
New Program Offers Med Students More Hands-On Training
Seeing patients for the first time can be a nerve-wracking experience for medical students. So, a new UCF College of Medicine training program geared toward giving third- and fourth-year students additional practice time on “dummy” patients is providing them with the skills to tackle challenging procedures. The students practice on patient “manikins” – or jointed models of … [Read more...]
Topping Out a Dream
Eleven years ago in Lake Nona, we held Topping Out Ceremonies for our new College of Medicine medical education and Burnett Biomedical Sciences buildings. At those ceremonies, we dreamed of building an Academic Health Sciences Center that would bring together in Medical City all of UCF’s health-related programs in education, research and patient care. We knew that a teaching … [Read more...]