Douglas Danforth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He has been involved in medical education for over 20 years at Ohio State and has served as ReproductionBlock Leader and Program Director for the Independent Study Pathway and currently serves as the Academic Program Director for Part One (Med 1-2) of the undergraduate medical education curriculum. His primary research interests are in medical education using Virtual Patients and Virtual Reality(VR). OurVirtual Patients are controlled by artificial intelligence to enable students to practice their history taking skills using natural conversation, and the system is designed to provideimmediate feedback to the students on theirinteraction. Our research in Virtual Realityis designed to improvepatient safety using VRto train and assess emergency personnel respondingto a mass casualty incident. These projects are funded by grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, The National Science Foundation,The National Board of Medical Examiners, The Institute for Innovative Technologies in Medial Education, and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.