Immersion in Emergency Care Research Archive — Page 1 of 1

A student in a gray medical coat holds a clipboard and speaks with a patient reclining in a hospital bed in an emergency department room.
December 15, 2016

New course gives undergrads taste of patient care experience

Many doctors and nurses recall their first patient interaction — a rite of passage that occurs during medical or nursing school training. Now an innovative program is pushing the patient encounter for a few Vanderbilt University students into the undergraduate years.