Education & Training Archive — Page 22 of 26

Chalkboard with the handwritten words “Curriculum 2.0” in blue chalk.
August 20, 2015

First group of students enters Curriculum 2.0’s final phase

In 2013 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) implemented Curriculum 2.0. Tagged as a system of lifelong learning, the deeply integrated curriculum requires flexibility and teamwork on the part of faculty and allows students opportunities to individualize their training.

By Jessica Pasley
Gold and orange Vanderbilt University background with a large stylized university logo and repeated “VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY” text.
July 6, 2015

Faculty FAQs for VU/VUMC transition

New faculty FAQ sheet answers questions about the transition.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Tablet displaying a medical simulation interface is held beside a hospital training cart and resuscitation equipment.
June 25, 2015

New apps increase efficiency and safety for anesthesiologists

Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) have teamed to provide anesthesiologists with new applications to improve workflow and safety practices.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A medical professional in a white coat gestures while speaking to several seated healthcare workers in a bright training room.
May 21, 2015

Grant helps expand training outreach program in Kenya

In an especially underserved region of western Kenya, expectant mothers requiring cesarean section are the focus of a new $2.6 million grant to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Kenya’s AIC Kijabe Hospital and the Kenya-based Center for Public Health and Development.

By Paul Govern
A woman reacts excitedly onstage while holding an envelope, with two adults behind her and another woman standing near a podium. A screen displays a photo of the woman, and an American flag stands beside the stage.
March 26, 2015

Match Day reveals medical students’ future addresses

At last Friday’s Match Day, graduating Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) students and their family members and friends packed Langford Auditorium, anxiously waiting for the clock to strike 11 a.m.

By Jessica Pasley
Five adults pose in a hospital hallway: Leslie and John Hooper in the center, flanked by three neonatology fellows.
February 5, 2015

Couple’s gift bolsters neonatology training, research

Dupree Hatch, M.D., shrugs off the sleep deprivation from a night taking care of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and launches into a discussion of his efforts to describe — and reduce — adverse events associated with intubation in the NICU.

By Leigh MacMillan