{"id":8817,"date":"2018-06-13T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=8817"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:54","slug":"new-instructional-technology-flint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/13\/new-instructional-technology-flint\/","title":{"rendered":"New instructional technology for Flint\u2019s radiation therapy program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8818\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8818\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8818\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UM-Flint&#8217;s Radiation Therapy Program director, Julie Hollenbeck. (UM-Flint)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Julie Hollenbeck<\/strong>, radiation therapy program director, shared the benefits and significance of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.umflint.edu\/2018\/06\/07\/radiation-therapy-director-on-powerful-new-instructional-technology-at-um-flint\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UM-Flint\u2019s recent purchase of leading-edge simulation equipment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in a Q&amp;A with the Flint&#8217;s Communications and Marketing team. O<\/span>ut of 85 programs in the U.S., 23 have a Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Trainer (VERT) for its students. UM-Flint us the only program in Michigan to purchase the system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This system is a close replica to an actual cancer treatment machine but without providing the worry of ionizing radiation. The hope is that this machine will bridge the gap between clinical and didactic coursework, teaching students to think critically and be able to apply it to real world situations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollenbeck was recently awarded a Course Design Fellowship through the Thompson Center for Learning and Teaching (TCLT) and is working to incorporate problem based learning activities in radiation courses for the Fall semester. The addition of this machine will benefit other health fields in promoting more simulation-based courses that will helps students grow more confident in their clinical abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Hollenbeck, radiation therapy program director, shared the benefits and significance of UM-Flint\u2019s recent purchase of leading-edge simulation equipment\u00a0in a Q&amp;A with the Flint&#8217;s Communications and Marketing team. Out of 85 programs in the U.S., 23 have a Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Trainer (VERT) for its students. UM-Flint us the only program in Michigan to purchase the system. This\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/13\/new-instructional-technology-flint\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":8818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,489,51],"class_list":["post-8817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-flint","tag-health-care","tag-medical"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-125x83.jpg",125,83,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT-600x300.jpg",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",600,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hollenbeck-VERT.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Samantha DeRosia, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/srderosi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Julie Hollenbeck, radiation therapy program director, shared the benefits and significance of UM-Flint\u2019s recent purchase of leading-edge simulation equipment\u00a0in a Q&amp;A with the Flint&#8217;s Communications and Marketing team. 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