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The Vesalius Trust Proudly Announces Swarm Interactive as the 2020 Recipient of the Dr. Frank H. Netter Award for Special Contributions to Medical Education
Swarm Interactive’s ViewMedica Patient Education Videos and Services comprises a library of over 1,600 patient education videos and custom streaming services to help inform patients, improve outcomes, and reduce readmissions.
The Dr. Frank H. Netter Award (Netter Award) recognizes those who have recently developed visually-oriented educational materials with either proven or potential impact on how health sciences are taught and practiced. Entrants come from around the world, exemplifying excellence in the integrated use of visual communications and instructional technology in medical and health science education. The Vesalius Trust is pleased to recognize innovative projects that advance the profession of biomedical visualization.
The Vesalius Trust rubric focuses on content, product design, technique, presentation of information, and the impact on medical education. As such, the scope, reach, accessibility, and deep production value makes ViewMedica an exceptional solution worthy of the prestigious Netter Award.
Swarm Interactive joins an elite list of Netter Award recipients, including Dr. Netter for his Clinical Symposia series and CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations, A.D.A.M. Software for Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine, Dr. Goodsell for Machinery of Life, and the University of Washington’s Foldit Team for Foldit.
Visit Swarm Interactive’s website for additional information.
About the Vesalius Trust
The Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in the Health Sciences, founded in 1988, fosters the study, research, and practice in visual communication of health information at all levels. From childhood through the practice of medicine and cutting-edge research, learning from quality imagery is increasingly essential in today’s high energy digital world. Join us to help ensure the future of this vital mission.
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Contact Joy Remuzzi, Executive Director —vt@vesaliustrust.org
The Vesalius Trust invites you to the 2020 Online Silent Auction and Trust-a-thon Virtual Challenge!
The Vesalius Trust has been working hard to support our commitment to future biomedical communicators.
We missed not seeing you in person at the annual AMI conference. Still, our online silent auction, running this November, plus our virtual team challenge running Sept. 20 to 26, will bring us together in a unique way!
2020 Online Silent Auction
We are looking for donations of original art, prints, books, historical objects, hand-crafted pieces, online lessons, and other biomedical and art-related items for the Trust’s online auction for Charity. Items that can be easily mailed without damage would be the perfect contribution.
Interested in donating? Visit the Auction Event page for more details!
Trust-a-thon, a virtual team challenge
The Trust-a-thon is a virtual team challenge that aims to raise funds to support student and professional research in medical and scientific communication. Teams will compete in a 5-day marathon of pure creative and collaborative energy to create a visual communication piece inspired by a secret theme.
Grab some friends and assemble your team! Visit the Trust-a-thon Event page for more details!
