9/16/2009 4:57:00 PM 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]
8/11/2009 12:19:00 AM 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.
8/4/2009 5:40:00 PM 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".
7/2/2009 11:10:00 PM
6/29/2009 9:22:00 PM Articles about the mixed reality human breast exam have appeared in:ABC News On-Campus <http://blogs.abcnews.com/campuschatter/2009/06/for-medical-students-at-the-university-of-floridas-college-of-medicine-learning-just-became-a-little-more-virtual-in-a-coll.html>Just A Theory <http://justatheory.co.uk/2009/06/24/mixed-reality-helps-train-doctors/>
The UF News press release has also been picked up by:Science Daily <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623143054.htm>PhysOrg <http://www.physorg.com/news164989712.html>First Science <http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/breaking-news-all-topics/mixed-reality-human-helps-medical-students-learn-to-do-intimate-exams-page-1-1_65847.html>AAAS EurekAlert! <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uof-rh062309.php>Science Codex <http://www.sciencecodex.com/mixed_reality_human_helps_medical_students_learn_to_do_intimate_exams>TMCnet <http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-mixed-reality-human-helps-medical-students-learn-do-/2009/06/23/4240753.htm>
and more to come...