To continue to support outcomes-driven practices, faculty representatives from several UF College of Medicine departments have attended Intermountain Healthcare's renowned training program in quality, safety and health care delivery. The faculty are leveraging their skills to execute quality and patient safety initiatives within their home departments to increase high-value, patient-centered care.

The training program is part of the value pillar of the College of Medicine's strategic plan. To date, 10 faculty have completed the executive training. Five faculty will join the fall cohort and another four faculty members will attend the Harvard Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership Certificate Program, which will launch in May.

In front of dozens of peers, mentors and a panel of faculty judges, eight College of Medicine graduate students competed April 14 at the 47th annual Medical Guild Research Symposium as the academic milestone returned in person for the first time since 2019.

The students, who were each nominated to represent their specific biomedical sciences concentration, presented and answered questions on years of meticulous, passionate research ranging in topic from brain tumors to sarcomere structure to olfactory sensory neurons.

Students from the UF College of Medicine class of 2024 will receive their first white coats in a ceremony at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, May 8.

Family, friends and the UF College of Medicine community can celebrate this milestone by tuning in to a livestream of the event beginning at 2 p.m.

You can also follow live event updates and join the conversation on social media using #UFWhiteCoat.