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Contains digital surrogates of photographs Dr. Charles B. Herron (Duke School of Medicine 1966) took during the Vietnam War. The bulk of the photographs show the aftermath of Agent Orange use, the Vietnamese landscape, American military life, and the Vietnamese people. File types include JPG and TXT. Original photographs date from circa 1967 to 1970. It is not known when the photographs were digitized.

Includes digital surrogates of photographs and manuscript text from Walter E. Campbell's 2006 publication "Foundations for Excellence," a history of Duke Medicine. The project was funded in part by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, Inc., and presents a selection of over 600 digitized photographs and publications. The project was initially established as part of a larger year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Duke Medicine in 2005. File types include images (JPG, TIFF) and Microsoft Word and Excel. The original carrier for these files were CDs. The bulk of the photographs are cited as belonging to Duke University Medical Center Archives (DUMCA), although the locations of the original photographs are unknown. Some of the original photographs may be part of DUMCA's Photograph Collection. Original photographs date from circa 1905 to 1991. File types include DOC, JPG, TIF, DB, XLR, XLS, and TXT. The photographs were likely digitized circa 2005. The Microsoft Word and Excel files date from 2005 to 2006.

Includes the Duke University School of Medicine's (DUSOM) video "A Year Like No Other - A Video of Thanks Highlighting the School of Medicine's Response to COVID-19". The video (duration 00:05:12), narrated by Mary E. Klotman, MD, Dean of the DUSOM, highlights the DUSOM's response to COVID-19 over the past year illustrating the outstanding work from DUSOM, Duke Health, and Duke University faculty, staff, and students. In the video, Klotman offers her thanks for their commitment and sacrifices in fulfilling the missions of excellence in patient care, research and discovery, education and community service. File type is MP4. Video dates to 2021.

Includes "Keepers of the House" documentary and supplemental curriculum to be used for discussion after watching the film. The film is about hospital environmental service workers and the role they play with patients and their families. In this 15 minute documentary video, eight housekeepers at Duke Hospital and Duke Regional Hospital talk about their special human relationships with patients and the ways in which they believe their work contributes to healing. The documentary team who created the film are Dr. Neil Prose, producer; Rhonda Klevansky, producer and videographer; and Francesca Talenti, animator. This film was funded by Duke University Health Humanities Lab@FHI, Duke AHEAD, and Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. File types are MP4, PDF, and TXT. Materials date to 2019 and 2021.

Contains Medical Education's "Memory Lane" video series. Consists of 8 videos created for the Duke University School of Medicine's 2024 graduating class.

Walk Down Memory Lane: First Memory
Dr. Robert (Bob) Drucker, Advisory Dean and Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, sits in his office with his back turned to the camera, spins around on his chair, and says hi and asks if the students remember him as he removes his face shield and mask. During this message to DUSOM students, he acknowledges the challenges of starting medical school during COVID and how happy he is to meet with students in person again. He sends his congratulations to all graduating students.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Second Memory
Dr. Julian Hertz, Course Director for INTERDIS 109B: Clinical Skills Training Immersion and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, sitting at a table working, looks up, and greets the DUSOM students. He asks if they remember him and reminds them they met four years ago in the Immersion course, of which they were the first class to go through this course, and, during this time, they had to do most of the course via Zoom because of COVID. He also mentions they were the first class go through the POCUS curriculum, and he ends by saying how proud he is of this class for reaching graduation after experiencing the start of medical school at the beginning of COVID.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Third Memory
Dr. John Matthew (Matt) Velkey, Co-Course Director for INTERDIS 113B: Foundations of Patient Care 2 and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education in Cell Biology, stands at the podium, and motions to the empty Learning Hall, saying it looks how it looked when they started in 2020: empty. During the video, he reflects on the 2020 POCUS curriculum and immersion course had to become virtual quickly because of COVID. He recalls their ability to have some in person training, which was challenging because of the pandemic, but the challenges they faced enhanced the curriculum by creating more opportunities for virtual learning and helping to build the Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) curriculum. After giving his congratulations, the camera pans to Dr. Leonard (Len) White waving from a seat.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Fourth Memory
Dr. Sarah Dotters-Katz (Dr. SDK), Clerkship Director for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, sits by an exam table and proceeds to "catch a baby" from a medical manikin and reminds students she met them for the first time during their clerkship orientation when they practiced catching babies. She talks about clerkships and congratulations the graduating students.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Fifth Memory
Dr. Daniel (Danny) Laskowitz, Director of the Third Year Program and Professor of Neurology, congratulations the graduating students and gives updates on the program and changes made based on their feedback: increased communications by offering the opportunity for those going into Third Year to be able to speak all the different study program directors; revamped Canvas, statistics, and other programs and courses to make them more streamlined; instituted a medical student liaison; created a medical educator program; added more dual degrees; and instituted qualitative thesis.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Sixth Memory
Dr. Saumil Chudgar, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education and Professor of Medicine, sits at a table in the Trent Semans Center, and remembers working with the graduating students in the Clinical Skills Program (CSI). He tells the students he is really proud of them and wishes them all the best.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Seventh Memory
Dr. Joseph (Joe) Jackson, Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Student Affairs, greets the students and discusses the career building programming offered by the Office of Student Affairs. Jackson ends by saying he and the advisory dean team are here to celebrate the students and they look forward to fully celebrating the graduates.

Walk Down Memory Lane: Eighth Memory
Dr. Aditee Narayan, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs and Professor of Pediatrics, walks through the Office of Curricular Affairs, telling the soon to be graduates how proud she is of them. The camera pans to the staff of Office of Curricular Affairs waving and congratulating the students in the Class of 2024.

Files types are WAV and TXT. Materials date to 2024.

Includes Duke University School of Medicine's Match Day recordings. Contains both the video and audio of the program. File types are MP3, MP4, and TXT. Files date to 2024.

Contains "Dave", a short film about Wilburt Cornell Davison, the founding dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, his mentor, Sir William Osler, his students, and his last presence. The film was first screened at the American Osler Society Meeting in Durham, North Carolina in April 2012. The film was written, produced, and directed by Conrad Fulkerson, MD. File types are VOB, IFO, BUP, and TXT. Files date to 2012.