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A woman wearing a VR headset and hand controls in front of a TV showing a virtual hospital room.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

VR technology to build confidence and competence in health-care learners

March 21, 2024 — 
On March 15, dozens of students, faculty and staff at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences stood in the Brodie Atrium at Bannatyne campus and were transported to hospital rooms, care facilities and even accident sites by wearing virtual reality (VR) headsets.

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Nursing students in a lab setting wearing scrubs and virtual reality headsets and hand controls reach as they work in virtual environments. Other students in the background look at computer screens.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Step into a new reality in training health professionals with RadyVerse

March 13, 2024 — 
On Friday, March 15, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will showcase how it will be employing virtual reality (VR) and other cutting-edge technologies to educate and train the next generation of  health-care professionals. Faculty, staff and learners from across UM are invited to experience first-hand various VR and other scenarios at stations set up in Brodie Centre atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at the RadyVerse launch event.

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Ivy Bourgeault speaking at a podium, in front of a College of Nursing banner.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Health researchers, students an ‘untapped resource’ for workforce crisis

March 12, 2024 — 
Canada’s health workforce is in the midst of a crisis caused by a vicious cycle of work overload, burnout and rising attrition, Dr. Ivy Bourgeault told attendees of the 2024 Helen Glass Lecture on March 4.

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Headshots of six Rady Faculty community members quoted in International Women's Day story.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Inspiring inclusion: Rady reflections on International Women’s Day

March 7, 2024 — 
This year’s International Women's Day theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” We asked members of UM’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community to reflect on this theme.

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Dr. Tito Daodu speaks at a podium in the cover image of RadyUM magazine.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM magazine marks medical college anniversary

March 1, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine focuses on the Max Rady College of Medicine’s celebration of a milestone: its 140th anniversary.

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A boy around 12 years old checks an adult's blood pressure in a classroom setting.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady students showcase health careers to youth through CanU

February 20, 2024 — 
A team of volunteer students from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences recently completed a program welcoming over 80 youth from across Winnipeg to explore health-care careers as part of an initiative through CanU, a Winnipeg-based charitable organization.

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Zoie Hetletvedt receives her nursing pin from College of Nursing dean Dr. Netha Dyck.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dedicated new nurses welcomed at pinning ceremony

February 14, 2024 — 
The College of Nursing welcomed 82 new nurses to the profession at a pinning ceremony at the Pinnacle Club on Feb. 9. The graduands were part of a voluntary accelerated program, continuing their studies through Summer 2023, to complete their degrees and enter the profession earlier than originally anticipated.

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Dr. Soheila Karimi holds a pipette and a jar. She is in her lab and is wearing gloves and a lab coat.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty researchers receive more than $8.3 million in CIHR funding

February 9, 2024 — 
Researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have been awarded more than $8.3 million in the latest round of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) project funding.

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Students discuss career options with a professional at a career fair booth.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Showcase highlights opportunities for senior nursing students

February 8, 2024 — 
The College of Nursing held a showcase with Manitoba health-care employers for fourth-year students entering their senior practicum on Jan. 26 at the Pinnacle Club at Princess Auto Stadium.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Difficult Discussions

February 6, 2024 — 
Nurse practitioner and three-time UM alum Preetha Krishnan on advancing uncomfortable discussions around end-of-life care and advance care planning in long-term care settings.

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