University of Calgary

Learning in the Anatomy Lab

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:42.
Watch students from Calgary's Forest Lawn High School learn about human anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine Anatomy Lab with Dr. John Bertram.

Helping kids recover from pediatric strokes video

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:41.
Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a brain mapping technique that's been around for 25 years, Dr. Adam Kirton of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is taking an old technology in a new direction to treat children who've suffered a stroke at or near birth.

Outside the comfort zone video

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:39.
Dr. Andrew Kirkpatrick has practiced medicine in some remarkable places, including in a zero gravity laboratory at 32,000 feet.

Becoming a complete surgeon video

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:37.
Becoming a complete surgeon requires lots of training, but not just with a scalpel. See how our med students learn the basics of how to insert a chest tube, and to perform a thoracentesis.

Shaping our Future

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:36.
University of Calgary president Dr. Elizabeth Cannon answered questions from faculty and staff about the future of the U of C, and we were there. Check out our slideshow!

Your brain on a microchip

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:31.
Dr. Naweed Syed and his team at the Faculty of Medicine are on the verge of fusing human brain cells to a computer microchip.

We are Educators: a two-part video series -- part two

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:27.
In our second video of the two-part series, Dr. Glen Armstrong of the Faculty of Medicine educates some inquiring minds about the H1N1 virus.

We are Educators: a two-part video series -- part one

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:23.
In the first video of our two-part series, a Faculty of Medicine graduate student dissects a human brain for a classroom of high school kids via video conference.

2010 Stampede Breakfast slideshow

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:22.
The Faculties of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine hosted their annual Stampede Breakfast on July 13. Check out our slideshow to see all the great food and fun!

Haiti 2010 video

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:13.
Dr. Jean-Francois Lemay of the Faculty of Medicine was part of a delegation that just returned from Haiti in early July. Check out his incredible video.