All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Medical Students on a Mission to Reverse Opioid Overdoses in DC

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, naloxone, opioid epidemic, School of Medicine, service to others

• Georgetown Students Provide Practical Nutritional Information to Families in DC Food Deserts

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, nutrition and health, nutrition education, School of Health, School of Medicine, service to others

• Pre-Orientation Program Introduces Incoming Students to Pursuing Health Care with a Social Justice Focus

  (August 19, 2022) — CURA, the only pre-orientation program at Georgetown focused on health, immerses incoming students in the Jesuit values of community and service and sets out to imbue students with the knowledge that a person cannot be healthy without addressing underlying social determinants. “CURA welcomes students to Georgetown and builds a sense of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: CURA, School of Health, School of Nursing, social justice, student experience, student pre-orientation

• RJCC Members Launch Ambitious Agenda to Engage GUMC Community

  (August 12, 2022) — Since the summer of 2020, the Racial Justice Committee for Change (RJCC) has served as a vehicle for students, faculty and staff dedicated to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion at GUMC. At their August 8 kickoff meeting for the academic year, RJCC members discussed how to tackle the work ahead and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, racial disparities, racial equity, Racial Justice Committee for Change, RJCC

• Incoming Medical Students Begin Education with Anti-Racist Curriculum

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, racial equity, racial justice, RJCC, School of Medicine

• Clinical Nurse Leader Program White Coat Speaker Encourages Future Nurse Leaders to Use Their ‘Superpower’ for Society’s Good

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: nursing, nursing education, School of Nursing, student achievement

• Ignatian Insights on Difficult Conversations

  by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD (August 8, 2022) — Having difficult conversations can be daunting, and there is plenty in our current world that serves as a source for such conversations. Is there anything in our Ignatian heritage that can help us here at Georgetown to communicate in a way that is respectful, encourages […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Catholic values, difficult conversations, Jesuit values, St. Ignatius

• At the White Coat Ceremony, Medical Students Urged to Prioritize Their Patients

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine, White Coat Ceremony

• Ninth-Annual HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: HOYA Clinic, HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp, School of Medicine, service to others

• Medical Students’ Summer Mentoring Program Aims to Increase Underrepresented Students in Medicine

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: inclusion, medical education, racial equity, School of Medicine, service to others