Archive: medical education

• New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Longitudinal Track Prepares Medical Students for Leadership Roles

  (October 8, 2021) — As a School of Medicine student on the medical education research scholar longitudinal track, L. Tamara Wilson (M’21) expected that she’d simply submit her capstone project — a proposal for a new track in diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine — then work toward implementing it at another institution after she […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health equity, inclusion, medical education, racial equity, School of Medicine

• Second-Year Medical Students Gather on Campus in Person for the First Time

  (August 13, 2021) — After the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to start their medical education in a virtual setting, the students of the School of Medicine Class of 2024 were excited to start their second-year orientation, the first time they were all together as a class. Having started at Georgetown a week earlier, Lee Jones, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, medical education, School of Medicine

• Georgetown School of Medicine Class of 2025 Most Diverse in School’s History

  (August 7, 2021) — It happens every year — about 200 students take their first step in the arduous journey to becoming a physician and joining the revered health professions. But this year, the incoming class at Georgetown University School of Medicine looks a bit different. As it enters the second year of an intense, […]

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

• School of Medicine Class of 2025 Receives Warm Welcome at White Coat Ceremony

  (August 8, 2021) — When she received her white coat as a medical student at Georgetown 22 years ago, Michelle Roett, MD (M’03), MPH, professor and chair in the Department of Family Medicine and director of DC Area Health Education Center (AHEC), dreamed of serving patients in need.  “On that day, 22 years ago, I […]

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

• How Medical Students Continued Community-Based Learning During the Pandemic

  (July 23, 2021) — As the organizers of community-based learning (CBL) for Georgetown medical students, Kim Bullock, MD, and Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH, have built relationships with the leaders of more than 20 community sites in the Washington, D.C., area that serve vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, older adults and persons in supportive housing. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, community-based learning, medical education, School of Medicine, service to others

• Global Collaboration Results in New Open Online Course on Urban Health

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, medical education, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Golden Apple Awards 2021: Celebrating the GUSOM Community

  (May 25, 2021) — The recipients of this year’s Golden Apple Awards were honored in an upbeat virtual ceremony presented by Georgetown University School of Medicine students. View the full awards ceremony video. Congratulations to the 2021 Golden Apple Honorees Golden Apple Awards The Golden Apple Award is presented annually by each class to a […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Golden Apple Awards, medical education, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2021, student achievement, student mentoring

• At MedStar-Georgetown Symposium, Jones Discusses Taking Excellence in Medical Education to the Next Level

  (May 14, 2021) — Declaring that “uncertainty has been the only certainty” during the past year, Leon “Lee” Jones, MD, the new dean for medical education at Georgetown University School of Medicine, sees the COVID-19 pandemic as an important pivot point in his career.  “One of my favorite sayings is ‘never waste a good crisis,’ […]

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

• At ‘I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine,’ Participants Urged to ‘Find the People Who Lift You Up’

  (April 9, 2021) — Find mentors who believe in you and will encourage you to go far. Create safe spaces to celebrate your gifts and help you find resiliency. That was some of the advice attendees heard during the fifth annual “I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine” event, an opportunity for medical students to discuss mentorship, […]

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

• Georgetown University Selects Nationally Recognized Educator to Lead Its Medical School

  WASHINGTON (March 30, 2021) — Today, Georgetown University announced the selection of Leon “Lee” Jones, MD, as the new Dean for Medical Education at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Jones currently serves as Associate Dean for Students and Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. […]

  Category: News Release Tags: medical education, new faculty appointment, School of Medicine