MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release:
February 22, 2010

Resident Awareness Day: ‘A Day in the Life’

(LONDON, Ontario) -- Medical residents at London Health Sciences Centre will mark Resident Awareness Day by inviting members of the local media to participate in a number of activities that are part of resident training.

Specifically, members of the media will have an opportunity to sit in on medicine rounds, see a mock code on SimMan at CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics), and take part in a casting skills session with orthopaedic residents.

Date:	Wednesday February 24, 2010
Time:	12:15 p.m.
Location:	Main lobby near information desk at University Hospital

London Health Sciences Centre, in collaboration with the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario, fosters learning and development opportunities through expert teaching and optimal resources and facilities.

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For more information contact:
Bärbel Hatje
Corporate Communications and Public Relations
London Health Sciences Centre
519-685-8500, ext. 75947 pager 15947
barbel.hatje@lhsc.on.ca

After-hours assistance:
Call LHSC Switchboard at 519-685-8500 and ask to page the communications consultant on-call