The following (emails) were written by members of the Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during the first session of the program. Some elements may have been removed for various reasons, but the text that remains is in the student's own words.
I liked a very thing we did today even though it was confusing I was able to work around it. The thing I like most today was the malaria model. The in the introduction was fascinating. The instructors are great and helpful. I also liked the model of diabetes to. The program Stella was helpful.
Mauricio
I enjoyed today's workshop very much. Learning how to use STELLA and using it to model things in epidemiology was a highlight of the day. I liked the individual attention I got from being in a small group (I thought it was going to be huge). The teachers were nice and helpful, not to mention competent. However, the experience could have been better if the AC worked (this is a joke). I look forward to tomorrow's session.
Zach
I really did enjoy myself today. I learned a lot, had fun on the computers, and had fun meeting new people. The help was very helpful and efficient. All the interns were very kind and patient and knew what they were talking about so that they expssed their knowledge clearly.
I learned about Malaria today and how it spads through mosquitoes. I also learned how to use the STELLA program to solve real life situations and problems. I put together graphs and models that I understood how to read. Epidemiology was the focus for the day and I am leaving with confidence in the information that was shared today.
Derrick
We started with trying to understand the basic elements of computational science. Then we started doing some models of Diabetes we tried to figure out what were the correct doses of insulin to control a patient's blood sugar. And then we started working on some models of how populations are affect one an other by analasing data and trying to expss them on graphs and tables.
Misael
The first day of this workshop has been great. Not only was it informative, but entertaining as well. The program (Stella) that we are using really help you to understand Medicine& Biomedical Science mathematically. The Shodor interns are great helper and make each task even more exciting and less complex. So far I have no complaints.
Amber