All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Graduate Students Practice Traditional Medicine In Mexico With the Goal of Providing Whole Person Care in the Future

  Over 10 days this March, six Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) students traveled to Mexico to learn about Curanderismo, a traditional healing system of the Americas.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, global health, integrative medicine, Master of Science in Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences Program, student experience

• Trimming Heart Disease Risk, One Haircut at a Time

  An award-winning policy proposal from Georgetown School of Medicine students explores the role of barbershops in improving heart health in DC.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, people for others, School of Medicine, service to others, student achievement, student experience

• Ralph Lauren Center Marks Its First Year at Georgetown

  Nearly one year after the opening of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, Ralph Lauren leaders toured the center and received an update on its accomplishments from center leaders and staff.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, health disparities, population health, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• School of Health Students Journey to Korea to Explore Health Care System Approaches

  A global experience designed to examine the various aspects of health care delivery and systems in comparison to the U.S. system drew 10 Georgetown School of Health graduate students to Seoul, South Korea, in March.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, health care systems, School of Health, student experience

• DNP Students Present Doctoral Research Projects

  The School of Nursing’s ninth annual Doctoral Scholars Day showcased more than two dozen final research projects conducted by students from the Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing to Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: DNP Program, School of Nursing, student research

• School of Nursing AHEC Scholars Gain Critical Clinical Experience

  Working in underserved communities through the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars Program is delivering a lasting impact for many nursing students who often decide to seek out these communities when they graduate.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: AHEC, health disparities, health equity, nurse midwifery, people for others, School of Nursing, service to others, student experience, women's health nurse practitioner program

• School of Medicine Student Organizes Community Course To Bring Dermatological Education to Underserved Communities

  After learning about a dermatology curriculum developed for school-age children by medical students, medical student Umayr Shaikh started making plans to organize a new community-based learning course bringing dermatological education to underserved elementary school students.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, community-based learning, dermatology, health equity, School of Medicine, service to others

• Health Justice Scholars Share Passion for Future Patients

  For Health Justice Week 2024, fourth-year medical students on the Health Justice Scholar longitudinal academic track shared their capstone presentations on topics including barriers to health equity for transgender patients, how COVID-19 affected those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, addressing food insecurity and more.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Health Justice Scholar Track, School of Medicine, student experience

• Nursing, Medical Students Honor the Gift of Anatomical Donors

  Students from Georgetown’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing came together to honor and pay respect to those who donated their bodies to benefit their education, and to express gratitude to their families, at the annual interfaith Anatomical Donor Memorial Celebration at Dahlgren Chapel on the university’s campus.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: anatomical donor program, medical education, nursing education, School of Medicine, School of Nursing

• The School of Medicine Class that Started Virtually Relishes In-Person Match Day Celebration

  Tears of joy and screams of excitement filled the air at Georgetown’s annual Match Day celebration, as graduating medical students learned where their journeys would take them next for residency training in a tradition that plays out at medical schools on the same day across the country.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Match Day, medical education, School of Medicine