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2013

DateDescription
APR. 10UC Irvine's Dr. Aaron D. Kheriaty sorts out myths in his new book that focuses on treating depression with psychiatry and faith.
MAR. 12UC Irvine School of Medicine chosen among top 50 in latest US News & World Report medical school rankings.
MAR. 07UC Irvine's Dr. Warren Wiechmann named Apple Distinguished Educator of 2013.
MAR. 06Ever since its induction in 2010, the iMedEd Initiative has drawn attention to UC Irvine School of Medicine. "Learning becomes a 24/7 opportunity," says Dean Ralph V. Clayman, MD.
FEB. 19UC Irvine iPad medical education program shows results: test scores have improved and applications have surged.
FEB. 11The iMedEd Initiative – UC Irvine’s innovative medical education program based on iPad tablet computing – has been chosen as a 2012-13 Apple Distinguished Program.
JAN. 23Doctors often don't advise the obese
JAN. 02UC Irvine is among a handful of the nation’s medical schools that are making ultrasound training a standard part of the curriculum.

2012

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DEC. 20Think Different: The Next Generation of Doctors and Digital Social Learning
DEC. 17UC Irvine's Dr. Warren Wiechmann participates in a webcast aimed at sharing best practices for iPad use in medical schools.
NOV. 29UC Irvine medical and tech students face off to create the best app; the winner helps users find relief centers in a natural disaster.
NOV. 20UC Irvine School of Medicine and Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences students team up to create Apple-based applications with healthcare utility.
SEP. 17UC Irvine creates unique BYOD (bring-your-own-device) mobile security system.
SEP. 04Register by Sept. 10 for the Sept 12 webinar, "Rebooting UC Irvine's Medical Curriculum with the iPad," with Dr. Warren Wiechmann, instructional technologies faculty director.
JUN. 11UNE-UC Irvine link breaks the tyranny of distance
JUN. 04Warren Wiechmann, MD, MBA speaks at the AAMC's Information Technology in Academic Medicine Conference on "Rebooting UC Irvine's Medical Curriculum with the iPad"
APR. 19First ever UltraFest event being hosted by UC Irvine!
FEB. 22UC Irvine Care-a-thon encourages students to get up and dance for a cause--UC Irvine Medical Center's NICU

2011

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DEC. 20UC Irvine joins forces with Australia's University of New England in a unique collaboration that offers state-of-the-art medical education technology to students 7,500 miles away.
DEC. 12A student-run UC Irvine group called the Medical Initiative Against Homelessness provides tutoring, medical assistance and other services.
SEP. 26"iPads in Medical School, the Student Perspective" webcast on Tuesday, October 18th at 10 a.m. PDT presented by the medical students at UC Irvine
SEP. 07There are 65 MD/MBA programs in the U.S. today, up from only five or six in the late 1990s, UC Irvine's Dr. Maria Chandler tells the New York Times.
AUG. 29Can digital textbooks truly replace the print kind?
AUG. 06UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake welcomes the School of Medicine's Class of 2015.
AUG. 05New medical students get iPADs in second year of UC Irvine's iMedEd Initiative, now funded by a $1.2- million grant from a Fountain Valley businessman.
AUG. 02White Coat Ceremony marks start of iMedEd initiative's second year at UC Irvine School of Medicine; revolutionary digital curriculum expands.
JUL. 19View the telemedicine demonstration sessions that helped create a collaborative agreement between UC Irvine School of Medicine and the University of New England in Australia.
JUN. 20Dr. Charles Vega, director of UC Irvine School of Medicine’s PRIME-LC program, talks about training future doctors to meet the needs of underserved Latino communities.
JUN. 14UC Irvine medical students cap a year of working with senior citizen mentors with a special luncheon.
MAY. 23By the time UC Irvine medical students hit the Emergency Department, they are skilled in ultrasound scanning, Graciela Maldonado tells the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
MAY. 07"World class programs come through collaboration, and unless we have a big, fat, high-speed pipe, it's not going to happen"
APR. 20A $1.2-million gift to underwrite UC Irvine's iMedEd Initiative, including the cost of iPads for first-year medical students arriving in August 2011, 2012 and 2013.
APR. 18UC Irvine's School of Medicine joins a national campaign to improve patient care and safety through medical education and stronger clinical protocols.
APR. 12UC Irvine School of Medicine is joining forces with the University of England to produce future generations of technologically-savvy doctors.
APR. 05Electronic readers: Hard on your eyes? Medical students are prodigious readers, by necessity.
APR. 01Rocker's surprising second act: Marco Angulo will begin his residency in the family medicine program at UC Irvine Medical Center – and, from that day on, officially be known as "Dr. Angulo."
MAR. 31Dr. Warren Wiechmann discusses how the iPad is helping transform the curriculum at the UC Irvine School of Medicine to make medical education more innovative and interactive.
MAR. 30Australian university to partner with UC Irvine's School of Medicine and its innovative iMedEd Initiative
MAR. 29UC Irvine Medical Center rated Orange County's top hospital and fourth best in the greater Los Angeles region by U.S. News & World Report
FEB . 25UC Irvine students organize Care-a-thon, a dance marathon, to help fund a portable ultrasound machine for the neonatal intensive care unit
FEB. 01UC has increased student diversity at its medical schools aided by its postbaccalaureate programs targeting a wide spectrum of students
JAN. 28UC Irvine boasts more than 90 Best Doctors in America for 2011-12, more than any other medical school in Orange County

2010

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AUG. 17UC Irvine's chancellor welcomes incoming medical students from underrepresented minority communities.
AUG. 11UC Irvine's School of Medicine partners with ultrasound manufacturer to develop innovative diagnostic curriculum