You,M.D. exhibit at the 3rd Annual UF Professional Outreach Day 2011

The You,M.D. exhibit from VERG was showcased at the 3rd Annual UF Professional Outreach Day 2011 at the University of Florida. The event was held to help elementary school students get a taste of science-based careers. The You,M.D. exhibit was part of the medicine section of the event and was well received by the students who were eager to talk to the virtual patient and play a doctor helping the virtual patient. To the left, you can see a photo of Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe watching students try out the You, M.D. exhibit.

Here is a Gainesville Sun article about the event : http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110622/ARTICLES/110629809?p=1&tc=pg

Other photos from the event :

https://picasaweb.google.com/shivashankar.halan/YouMDProessionalOutreachDay2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ3_78uHyM_WLg

Congratulations to Shivashankar Halan and Brent Rossen for graduating today with their Masters degrees

Today, Shivashankar Halan and Brent Rossen both graduated with their Masters degrees, Shiva in ECE and Brent with in CE.

Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Kotranza

Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Kotranza for accepting a job at ArchieMD in Boca Raton, Florida. Best wishes to Aaron and his wife Sarah on their new job and home.

Congratulations to Aaron Kotranza and Ethan Blackwelder!

Hearty congratulations to Aaron Kotranza for successfully defending for his Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree and Ethan Blackwelder for graduating with a Master's degree . VERG wishes you both all the very best in all your future endeavors!

Article about Hevil Shah and VPF on the MCG portal

Check out the latest article about Virtual People Factory and Hevil Shah's prize-winning  "Pilot Study to Evaluate the Use of an Online Virtual Patient System to Teach Interviewing Skills to First-Year Medical Students" poster here- https://my.mcg.edu/portal/page/portal/News/archive/2009/Medical%20student%20places%20first%20for%20simulation%20research

You can check out the poster here -  http://verg.cise.ufl.edu/publications.php  [under Medical Presentations]

Congrats to Dr.Lok

Congratulations to Dr. and Mrs.Lok for being blessed with a daughter and a son at 8:35 pm on July 25th. Hearty wishes from everybody at VERG and to a lifetime of happiness and prosperity to the kids.

Congratulations to Hevil Shah and team

Congratulations to Hevil Shah and team for winning the first prize in the Educational Programs category at the 2009 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students in Kansas City, for the poster presentation on a "Pilot Study to Evaluate the Use of an Online Virtual Patient System to Teach Interviewing Skills to First-Year Medical Students".