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Contact: Heidi Curran
hcurran2@health.usf.edu
813-974-4456
University of South Florida (USF Health)
Caption: SimSuite Clinical Education Specialist Stephanie McKown (pointing) prepares a stent evaluation-with-angiogram training scenario for, left to right, Dr. Murray Shames, USF vascular surgeon; medical student Aurelia Thibbonier; and Dr. Patrick Austin, USF vascular surgery fellow. Patient simulation is changing the way young physicians and other health care professionals are educated. They can practice tasks and procedures -- from basic to advanced -- in a controlled setting, before performing them on real patients.
Credit: Photo by Eric Younghans, USF Health
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