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The Sheldens$2.3 million gift to medicine brings together learning and technology to train medical professionals of tomorrow Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine have been honing their medical skills by working with high-tech, mock patients thanks to a $2.3 million gift from Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden.The gift created the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Clinical Simulation Center, which is located in the new Clinical Support and Education Building. The gift provides operational funds for the Center and provided three simulation mannequins to be used in medical instruction.The simulation mannequins represent a new wave of medical instruction. The advanced technology built into the mannequins allows students to perform various medical procedures while receiving real-time feedback in much the same way they would from a human patient. The mannequins breathe, have a pulse, have eyes that dilate and can react to various drugs introduced by medical students. The experience they offer students is invaluable, medical instructors say. Shelden earned a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from MU in 1942, his bachelor of science degree in medicine in 1947, and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1949. While at MU he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Pi, senior ROTC, Scabbard and Blade, and QEBH, a secret honorary society. He served as a member of the clinical faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine for 25 years and rose to the rank of clinical professor. He and his wife have funded two chairs in anesthesiology, created the Student Anesthesiology Award Fund to recognize outstanding students, and were among the first to create an endowed fund for the benefit of the School.
Sept. 16, 2005
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