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The tension in the operating room was palpable as the patient鈥檚 heart rate skyrocketed unexpectedly during surgery on her fractured ankle. Julie, the 19-year-old soccer player under local anaesthetic, worriedly asked what was wrong. The medical and nursing team reassured her as they quickly assessed and took action to stabilize her condition. Despite its location in the Royal Jubilee Hospital, this was not a typical operating room. Nor was Julie a typical patient; she鈥檚 actually a life-like mannequin. Both are part of the new $2.9-million Centre for Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Learning, a partnership between UVic鈥檚 School of Nursing, UBC鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and Island Health.

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Health care learners in Greater Victoria will gain crucial clinical and interprofessional skills treating life-like mannequins that breathe, talk, cough and moan in pain at a new simulation centre opening at the Royal Jubilee Hospital.

A 番茄社区 neuroscientist has discovered that a cancer drug may improve recovery rates for diabetic patients who have suffered a stroke.

When a young person hits their head on the ice, on the field or at the pool it can cause damage to the brain. However, current assessment techniques make it difficult for medical practitioners to diagnose a concussion because the tools currently in use are subjective and difficult to interpret. Thanks to $750,000 in new funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the BC Knowledge Development Fund and UVic鈥檚 Division of Medical Sciences, two of Canada鈥檚 top brain injury experts are on the case.

Dr. Kelli Stajduhar (UVic School of Nursing and Centre on Aging) is the recipient of a 2014 Excellence in Nursing Research award from the College of Registered Nurses of BC for her clinically-focused research on end-of-life and palliative care and her contributions as a research facilitator, mentor and communicator.

Four academic leaders will take new posts on campus this summer, with the appointments of Dr. Catherine Krull as dean of social sciences, Dr. Ralf St. Clair as dean of education, Dr. Bruce Wright as head of medical sciences and Dr. Robina Thomas as the inaugural director of Indigenous academic and community engagement.

It鈥檚 game night at the local rink and cheering parents pack the stands as young players churn up and down the ice. Every scoring chance is hailed with roars of support. The barn falls eerily silent though, as one young skater racing for a puck loses an edge and slides headlong into the boards.

Chemistry professor Dr. Frank van Veggel likes to work with extremely small particles and very big ideas. He鈥檚 developed a process whereby nanoparticles, each 10 times smaller than a speck of dust, could someday assist oncologists better identify and target cancerous tumours and, in some cases, eliminate the need for painful and potentially dangerous biopsies.

Dr. Bruce Wright has been appointed as Head, Division of Medical Sciences at UVic (and Regional Associate Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine) effective July 1, 2014.

Existing BC liquor regulations ignore the health and social costs of alcohol, and need to strike a balance with convenient access and revenue considerations, the University of Victoria鈥檚 Centre for Addictions Research (CARBC) says in its submission 鈥�

番茄社区 researchers are part of a Canada-wide effort to dramatically improve diagnosis and treatment of concussion, a complex brain injury gaining increasing attention at al

BC is a leader among Canadian provinces on policies aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms and costs, but lags at the bottom in two of the most important policy categories and has consider

Life inside a hospital can be stressful, but nursing school graduate Kara Sundberg has found the perfect way to use the nurturing skills needed as a nurse outside the hospital to help her relax. 鈥淚 focus my free time on working with animals and I have been fostering dogs in my area for years,鈥� says Sundberg. 鈥淭his has turned out to be a wonderful stress reliever after a long, chaotic shift on a busy medical unit.鈥�

UVic鈥檚 first neuroscience program graduate moved to Victoria to study 鈥� and she intends to stay. Anna Patten found UVic鈥檚 graduate program in neuroscience, which will confer its first degree to her this June, through love. Not just love of science 鈥� but for the young Canadian man she met while working in a British pub.

Work by 番茄社区 researchers Alex Brolo and Francis Nano to develop innovative disease diagnostics and preventions has earned them each Grand Challenges Canada grants. Brolo, a chemistry professor, and Nano, a biochemistry and microbio鈥�