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 DukeMed Alumni News
Summer 2008
In Brief:
Parents Get a New Look at Medical School, 'Potter' Skit a Hit
Students and families wear virtual reality goggles in the DiVE.
Medical students in the Student
Faculty Show Harry Potter and
the Duke School of Modern
Witchcraft and Wizardry gather
around the campfire. From left
are students Steve Dolgner, Jason Williams,
Rachel Greenberg, Rajiv Sivendran,
and Kaitlin Rawluk. Proceeds
from the show and a raffle
were donated to the Durham
Rescue Mission.
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A highlight of Medical Families Weekend
March 7-8 was a virtual reality demonstration
of the human brain in the Duke
Immersive Virtual Environment (DiVE), one
of only seven like it in the world.
The weekend’s interactive format—introduced
last year—drew a record number of
Duke medical students and their families.
In addition to the virtual neuroanatomy
demonstration, students’ families received
hands-on instruction with a high-fidelity
simulator and 3DiTeams, a serious game
environment for health care team training
at Duke’s Human Simulation and Patient
Safety Center.
They also tested their eye-hand
coordination in the new Duke Surgical
Education and Activities Lab (SEAL).
Families of students from all four classes
were represented.
The weekend event began on Friday evening
with a supper and social sponsored
by the Duke Medical Alumni Association,
followed by the annual student-faculty
show, “Harry Potter and the Duke School
of Modern Witchcraft and Wizardry.”
Before the Saturday interactive sessions
families heard talks by Chancellor
for Health Affairs Victor J. Dzau, MD,
and Dean Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD.
Caroline Haynes, MD, PhD, associate dean
of medical education, gave a presentation
on medical students and mental health.
Students Malik Burnett, MSI, and Andy
Pogozelski, MSIV, also spoke about their
Duke medical school experiences.
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