All Posts: people for others

• First-Generation Medical Students Build Community Through Supportive, Honest Conversations

  Navigating the medical school journey can be especially challenging for students who are the first in their families to pursue medicine, a group comprising only 15% of students in U.S. medical schools. The First-Generation in Medicine Club at the School of Medicine is working to change the experience for first-generation Georgetown medical students.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, first-generation students, medical education, people for others, School of Medicine, student experience, student groups

• School of Health Student Reflects on Her Summer Working With Rohingya Refugees

  Less than two weeks after returning from her summer volunteer work with refugees in Bangladesh, Isra Satiar (H’26) drew on her experiences when addressing the 1,600 members of Georgetown’s Class of 2029 during Georgetown’s New Student Convocation on August 23.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, people for others, Rohinga refugees, School of Health, student achievement, student experience

• Medical Students Gather for Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner

  Nearly 100 School of Medicine students gathered with members of different faith traditions for a Thanksgiving dinner to recognize the common ground shared by a broader faith-based community.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, interfaith understanding, people for others, School of Medicine

• Trimming Heart Disease Risk, One Haircut at a Time

  An award-winning policy proposal from Georgetown School of Medicine students explores the role of barbershops in improving heart health in DC.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, people for others, School of Medicine, service to others, student achievement, student experience

• School of Nursing AHEC Scholars Gain Critical Clinical Experience

  Working in underserved communities through the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars Program is delivering a lasting impact for many nursing students who often decide to seek out these communities when they graduate.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: AHEC, Berkley School of Nursing, health disparities, health equity, nurse midwifery, people for others, service to others, student experience, women's health nurse practitioner program

• School of Nursing Graduate Students Advance Jesuit Values Through Advocacy

  Deepening their commitment to the Jesuit values of “people for others” and pursuit of social justice, graduate students from Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NM/WHNP) and WHNP programs took to Capitol Hill with a mission to advocate for babies and their birth parents.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, Berkley School of Nursing, nursing, nursing education, people for others