President Mark Emmert recently got a first-hand look at the UW Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation, where students using virtual simulators -- life-like mannequins, for example -- hone their skills.

In this slide show, Dr. Brian Ross, executive director of ISIS, lets Emmert try his hand at reviving a "patient" whose heart has stopped. Photos by Gavin Sisk. Learn more about the institute on the ISIS home page >>