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Successful physicians are not only strong diagnosticians and skillful when it comes to offering solutions to their patients’ ailments and illnesses, but they are also exceptional communicators. This month’s faculty spotlight is on Dr. Anna Cyrus-Murden, the deputy chair and assistant professor of the School of Medicine’s Department of Clinical Skills. She is also the director of the Simulation Center. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Cyrus-Murden has been responsible for orga...

. this week the u.s. military is joining ten other countries in belgium for a special forces medical training at nato. its designed to simulate real-life military conditions during an attack. nbcs medical correspondent dr. john torres is teaching the course. he joins me live from belgium. nice to see you. you are a veteran of the u.s. air force. you served 28 years, i think, including a tour of duty in iraq in 2004. why did you think this was important for you to be there to lead the training,...

Countries and train personnel in their home countries. and then, from there, they carry it even further downstream. when they go to countries they deploy in or other countries theyre doing humanitarian assistance in, they train personnel there. so the goal is to take care of combat casualties and train other people to do the same. its extremely important that we train them in the simulation center so that, out in real life, they know how to do this. tomorrow night at nightly news with lester hol...