All Posts: medical education
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Undergraduates and Medical Students Learn Cura Personalis Through the Medical Humanities
For the past three years, Georgetown undergraduates and medical students have immersed themselves in the emerging interdisciplinary field of medical humanities, which seeks to expand the hard sciences approach to the study of science and medicine to include social and historical context.
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Medical Students Organize Annual Conference to Celebrate the Black Medical Community
To mark Black History Month, members of Georgetown’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) organize an annual conference at the School of Medicine for underrepresented medical students, residents, premeds and the general public.
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‘Find Your Yes’: Five Alumnae in Medicine Share Their Stories and Advice
Meet five alumnae who developed a friendship at the School of Medicine and eventually wrote a book together.
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‘We Messed Up’ Organizers Find the Upside of Failure
Since it launched less than two years ago, the “We Messed Up” Initiative has brought together students and faculty to learn about resiliency and growing from failure.
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Interfaith Blessing Highlights the Generosity of Anatomical Donors
Before first-year medical students began their highly anticipated first day of anatomy lab, they paused for an interfaith blessing led by Father James Shea, S.J., Rabbi Daniel Schaefer and Imam Yahya Hendi.
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Historic Master’s Program in Physiology Prepares Students for Medical School While Teaching the Value of Community Service
As part of Georgetown’s Special Master’s Program in Physiology (SMP), the first of its kind in the U.S., students get a second chance to prove their fitness for the rigors of a medical school education. And in true Georgetown fashion, the SMP curriculum is balanced with Jesuit values and a focus on community service.
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Racial Justice Curriculum Subcommittee Promotes Health Equity and Anti-Racism in Education
The Racial Justice Curriculum Reform Subcommittee of the Racial Justice Committee for Change has been making an impact on medical education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine thanks to the hard work and persistence of its members past and present.
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Called To Be a Doctor-Doctor: MD/PhDs at Georgetown Move From Bench to Bedside and Back
A subset of Georgetown students have made the decision to pursue both scientific research and clinical training through the MD/PhD program — allowing them to get the best of both worlds.
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Medical Students Form Organization to Increase the Number of Spanish-Speaking Physicians
With a dual mission to train medical students to effectively communicate and educate the School of Medicine community about the specific health needs of the Latino population, a group of third- and fourth-year medical students are looking to recruit the next cohort of leaders for the Medical Spanish Initiative.
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School of Medicine Class of 2027 Encouraged To Be Advocates For Their Patients During White Coat Ceremony
The School of Medicine Class of 2027, family and friends gathered in Gaston Hall to don their white coats for the first time, commencing the start of their medical education.
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