Archive: medical education

• 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

• Meet Leon ‘Lee’ Jones, Georgetown’s New Dean for Medical Education

  (March 30, 2021) — From a young age, Leon “Lee” Jones, MD, was drawn to a career in medicine borne out of two traits: a love for science and a deep curiosity about people. Now, as the newly appointed dean for medical education at Georgetown’s School of Medicine, he will have the opportunity to nurture […]

  Categories: GUMC Stories, Special Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine

• NHS Professor Develops New Course on Social Determinants of COVID-19

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, medical education, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Medical Humanities Minor Launched by University

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, medical humanities, Medical Humanities Initiative

• Nursing Chair Co-Edits Second Edition of Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Textbook

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