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Medical students practice on fake patients

Lifelike mannequins help train future doctors, nurses

Medical student Amir Sharim, left, works on a high-tech mannequin at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Center for Patient Safety.

0630MANNEQUIN1 — Medical student Amir Sharim, left, works on a high-tech mannequin at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Center for Patient Safety.

MIAMI — Several University of Miami medical students crowd around a patient’s bed. They are trying to pinpoint why Murray Greenberg is having trouble breathing, and start to delegate tasks. As the students talk over each other, the stress level in the room rises.