Undergraduate Medicine

  • Vanderbilt University

    New course gives undergrads taste of patient care experience

    Many doctors and nurses recall their first patient interaction — a rite of passage that occurs during medical or nursing school training. Now an innovative program is pushing the patient encounter for a few Vanderbilt University students into the undergraduate years. Read More

    Dec 15, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    A surgeon teaches Vanderbilt undergrads compassion through memories

    We all know when you go to the hospital, you want to be treated like a real person—not just a medical condition. A Vanderbilt University Medical Center surgeon believes this so strongly, he’s teaching a unique and very personal class to Vanderbilt undergrads interested in medicine. VUCast’s Barb Cramer shows… Read More

    Jan 17, 2012