Archive: medical education
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National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and Georgetown University Commit to Reducing Health Care Quality Competency Variability
CHICAGO & WASHINGTON (August 28, 2020) — As the need for waste reduction and improved patient outcomes increases, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and Georgetown University Medical Center recognize a coordinated, competent workforce begins in the classroom. The two entities have collaborated to hardwire content aligned with NAHQ’s industry-standard Healthcare Quality Competency Framework […]
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Virtual White Coat Ceremony Welcomes School of Medicine Class of 2024
(August 22, 2020) — Despite the virtual setting for their White Coat Ceremony, the School of Medicine warmly welcomed the Class of 2024 as they donned their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath together for the first time. (Watch the full White Coat Ceremony.) “Members of the Class of 2024, as you take the […]
Category: GUMC Stories
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Following Family’s Dreams, ARCHES Alumna to Start at School of Medicine
(August 6, 2020) — Over 20 years ago, after immigrating to the United States from Pakistan, Rimsha Rana (M’24) and her family dreamed about her going to Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM). On her father’s commute to and from work, he would pass Georgetown and pray, “Dear God, please give my children a chance […]
Category: GUMC Stories
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New Class of GEMS Embark on an Unforgettable Journey
(July 24, 2020) — As the only child of a single parent, Zach Boston became the primary caretaker for his mother after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness when he was 6 years old. Though she passed away when he was a teenager, his experience with his mother inspired Boston to become a physician. […]
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It Takes a Virtual Village: Educators, Patient Actors and Medical Students Build Connections with Telehealth Training
(June 26, 2020) — Just as medical practices rapidly transitioned to deliver health care remotely in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, medical school faculty and administrators at Georgetown quickly integrated a telehealth training component into newly developed two-week virtual clerkships in pediatrics, OB-GYN, medicine and surgery for third-year medical students. In addition, rising fourth-year […]
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Learning ‘Webside Manner’: Georgetown Medical Students Step Up as Telehealth Needs Surge
(May 28, 2020) — As COVID-19 began tearing through the U.S., medical clinics, hospitals and health care systems realized immediately that a shift in real time toward a heavier reliance on telehealth would be critical to minimize exposure risk and protect capacity for severe cases. MedStar Health, Georgetown University Medical Center’s medical education and clinical […]
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Golden Apple Awards 2020: A Celebration of Our GUSOM Community
(May 18, 2020) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored virtually for this year’s annual Golden Apple Awards. Golden Apple Awards The Golden Apple Award is presented annually by each class to a member of the faculty whose outstanding professional and personal qualities have enhanced the medical education of the […]
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Medical Student Presentations Cap Health Justice Week Events
(April 18, 2020) — Georgetown University School of Medicine students in the Health Justice Scholar (HJS) Track celebrated Health Justice Week 2020 from April 6 to 8 with events — held virtually this year — designed to uphold the program’s mission to empower student physicians to be advocates for health justice. The HJS Track is […]
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New Master’s Program Explores Societal Influences on Health
(February 26, 2020) — Medicine today is said to be “evidence-based” — practiced on the basis of cumulative clinical studies. But for the physicians and researchers involved in launching the newest master’s degree program at Georgetown University, medical evidence isn’t enough. “Evidence needs to encompass the perspectives of other fields, not just medicine,” says Adriane […]
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Empowering Future Generations of Diverse Physicians
(February 2, 2020) — With a background in higher education, personal experience as a first-generation college student, and extensive work with student populations from diverse backgrounds, Isela Melendez-Carpio, M.Ed., is eager to bring her expertise and passion to the School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). Melendez-Carpio started her new role as the […]
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