Month: July 2011

Jon Wiecha Featured in BU Research Magazine: Virtual Worlds, Real Gains

It’s clear from the start that this isn’t your standard professional development fare. There’s a replica of the Colosseum, for one thing, as well as a dance floor, an underwater classroom, and chickens wandering freely through the grounds. Welcome to the private, pixelated island where John Wiecha, director of the medical education office and assistant […]

Project Red Mentioned in BMC Brief: Happy Birthday, Boston Medical Center

Dr. Joanne Wilkinson featured in BU Research Magazine: Show, Don’t Tell

It’s the kind of advice more often given in a creative writing class than the Annals of Family Medicine. But “Show, don’t tell” is one of the tips that Joanne Wilkinson, an assistant professor of family medicine and associate director of medical student education, offers to physicians who want to communicate better with patients with intellectual […]