Category Archives: Simulation & Technology

Opening in Fall 2025, the Dr. Colleen Conway-Welch Virtual Reality Learning Studio in the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion will provide dedicated space to innovate nursing education and improve patient care. UCF’s College of Nursing has received a generous gift of $500,000 from the Conway-Welch Family Foundation to support the creation of a dedicated space for […]

Jason Konzelmann and Syretta Spears, from UCF’s Colleges of Medicine and Nursing, respectively, were honored for their significant contributions to simulation in healthcare education. Jason Konzelmann and Syretta Spears, who direct clinical skills and simulation centers at UCF’s Colleges of Medicine and Nursing, respectively, are among 19 healthcare simulation experts from around the world inducted into the Class of 2025 […]

Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, UCF will bring a rural health clinic experience to the classroom to prepare future healthcare providers. Beginning this fall, students from UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center will have an opportunity to provide care in a rural health clinic without having to leave campus. Created […]

Ladda Thiamwong and Desiree Díaz, international experts in their respective fields, have been selected to serve in positions funded by a gift from the Florida Blue Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education grant, respectively. UCF has appointed two nursing faculty experts to serve in new funded positions effective today. Aging expert Ladda Thiamwong will serve as […]

A patented innovation developed by UCF researchers brings the virtual and physical worlds together to enhance healthcare training for trauma and casualty care. One of the first steps in trauma, wound, and combat casualty care is to stop the bleeding. “There’s a right amount of pressure. Too much is not a good thing. Not enough […]

Professor Mindi Anderson, an internationally recognized healthcare simulation expert, was named associate dean for simulation and immersive learning at UCF’s College of Nursing. As associate dean, Anderson will provide leadership for simulation and immersive learning across academic programs at the college. She will also provide guidance to the college’s leadership team, faculty, and staff on […]

A team led by UCF College of Nursing Endowed Professor Victoria Loerzel ’07PhD was awarded a $2.5M grant to test the innovative intervention that simulates symptoms and self-management. Imagine you’re heading home from chemotherapy treatment armed with information from doctors and nurses on how to manage the most feared side effects: nausea and vomiting. What […]

Ali Haskins Lisle, Ph.D., has been named the Director of Development and Operations for the UCF-led Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA). VERA is a nearly $5 million U.S. National Science Foundation project to develop the first large-scale human-machine system for virtual reality human subjects research, with the goals of affording very large studies, very quickly, […]

The funding will support a state-of-the-art facility that will house a Virtual Hospital and Clinical Skills Exam Suite. UCF is pleased to announce the Helene Fuld Health Trust (Fuld Trust) has committed a $5.5 million gift to the College of Nursing’s new education and teaching facility in Lake Nona. This funding will specifically support the […]

At age 62, Nadine Jacobson ’23MSN, who is legally blind, has overcome many challenges in life but has persevered in her commitment to lifelong learning. Like the other students who are receiving a master’s degree in healthcare simulation this weekend at UCF, Nadine Jacobson is a licensed registered nurse. But unlike her peers, she isn’t actively […]