Category Archives: Simulation & Technology

A group of UCF College of Nursing students and faculty spent spring break in The Bahamas to study abroad and gain a global perspective in healthcare. “Simulation is a means to forge partnerships and collaborations in a safe environment,” says Desiree A. Díaz, a global healthcare simulation expert at UCF College of Nursing. “It is […]

An interdisciplinary team of UCF researchers are focusing on the human connection to improve heart health in medically underserved communities thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of Health’s Health Resources & Services Administration. Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attacks and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the U.S. But it […]

Assistant Professor of Nursing Brian Peach is leading the study, which uses exposure therapy featuring virtual reality with real sounds and smells, all mimicking the patients’ intensive care experience. Exceptional medical care from first responders, nurses and doctors routinely saves the lives of patients with critical illnesses. But many of those patients will suffer from […]

The College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs, which were recently recognized among the nation’s best by U.S. News and World Report, recently added another tool to their teaching arsenal – the gift of an ultrasound machine. Donated by Roslyn and Jody Burttram, the new technology will be housed in the internationally accredited […]

The new honorees brings UCF’s total Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellows to 17. Pegasus Professor and Endowed Chair Greg Welch is one of two UCF professors honored as a 2022 Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a prestigious national distinction. Their fellowships bring the total number of IEEE fellows […]

The healthcare simulation education pioneer was one of only 10 international experts inducted into the Class of 2022 Fellows. The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) has inducted Professor Mindi Anderson as a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Academy. Anderson is one of only 10 experts who were inducted in the Class […]

Students and faculty across UCF are benefitting from 250 new mixed reality headsets that will be used for applications ranging from developing robotic sensors to designing interactive backgrounds for special events. The headsets are a gift from General Dynamics Mission Systems and are fully self-contained computers that allow wearers to operate untethered in a hologram-enhanced […]

The Pegasus Professor and Endowed Chair, who specializes in simulation and modeling, is UCF’s 17th NAI fellow — the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. Greg Welch is one of 164 national faculty members who have been named to the National Academy of Inventors and one of only 10 from Florida this year. Welch […]

AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation Greg Welch and Assistant Professor Gerd Bruder from UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training won an Innovation Award at the 2021 TechConnect World Conference for a new way to magnify objects in augmented reality (AR). Bruder and Welch’s invention, which is awaiting a patent, resulted from research looking for ways […]

Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling (STIM) Center in the College of Nursing, is among the world’s first 25 professionals to receive the advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist (CHSOS-A) designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. In addition, in other related news, the College of Nursing’s Healthcare […]