ANNOUNCEMENT

Since its launch in 2010, the iMedEd Initiative has not only served as a catalyst for curricular innovation, but has broadly influenced the philosophy and culture of who we are as a medical school and what we value as educators. In the face of a global pandemic, where the uninterrupted training of physicians to maintain the frontline workforce became even more important, our experiences and infrastructure from the iMedEd Initiative allowed us to pivot, adapt, and continue to innovate. When the Class of 2026 arrives this fall, every UCI School of Medicine student will have an iPad and their own handheld ultrasound device, reinforcing our belief that a medical school’s role is not just teaching medicine, but preparing “physicians of tomorrow” to practice in a new era of healthcare.

As a medical school, it is our obligation to prepare our students to embrace new concepts in health, like evidence-based integrative medicine, portable ultrasound devices and immersive technologies like virtual reality. Through our curricula, we can enable them to transcend current boundaries, to create clinical programs that predict and prevent disease, to deliver personalize care during illness, and ultimately improve the health of populations.

– DEAN MICHAEL STAMOS

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For more information, contact us:

• Division of Educational Technology: imeded@uci.edu
• Associate Dean: Warren Wiechmann, MD, MBA, wiechmaw@uci.edu
• Director: Julie H. Youm, PhD, jyoum@uci.edu