All Posts: GUMC Stories

• 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

• Studying Strategies to Achieve Men’s Health Equity

  (July 30, 2022) — As founder and director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, Derek Griffith, PhD, strives to solve a mystery: Why do men, on average, live shorter lives than women, and what can be done to reduce that disparity? “When you look at sex differences and gender differences in the incidence and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Center for Men's Health Equity, health disparities, health equity, men's health, racial disparities, research

• HOYA Summer Medical Academy Inspires School of Health First Year Student

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: high school programs, School of Health, student experience

• Healthy Aging Symposium Promotes Collaboration Across Disciplines

  (July 22, 2022) — With more than 300 registrants in person and via Zoom, the first annual Healthy Aging Symposium at Georgetown brought together students, faculty, researchers and those who work in the field of aging for panel discussions, poster presentations and networking. The July 14 symposium took place in the Fisher Colloquium at Georgetown’s […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: aging

• Learning from Health Care Providers Who ‘Messed Up’

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

• Changing the Perception of Midwives, One Hospital at a Time

  In the U.S., only 10% of births are attended by nurse-midwives, and in some areas of the country, misperceptions in the lay and medical community about the practice remain entrenched. As a result, hospitals remain resistant to embracing the skills of nurse midwives.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: nurse midwifery, School of Nursing

• Launch of New School of Health Offers Pivotal Moment to Reimagine Health Sciences at Georgetown

  (July 1, 2022) — A moment nearly three years in the making, Georgetown’s new School of Health launched July 1, borne out of a University-wide strategic planning initiative to chart the future of health sciences at Georgetown. Georgetown President John J. DeGioia announced in December 2020 the sunsetting of the School of Nursing & Health […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Health