All Posts: School of Medicine

• Three Georgetown Medical School Faculty Members Inducted into the MAGIS Society of Master Teachers

  On May 18, Georgetown University honored the newest MAGIS members, Amy Burke, MD, MPH, and Mary Furlong, MD, and inducted Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH, who was selected in 2022 but was unable to attend last year’s ceremony.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Commencement 2023, MAGIS Society, School of Medicine

• Medical Students Make Connections Over Community-Based Learning

  Young people from a DC primary school came to campus for a daylong experience with School of Medicine students in the Community Based Learning program. The April 14 visit came at the end of the community-based learning (CBL) course, a class that gets first-year medical students out of the classroom and into one of 24 community sites.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, community-based learning, health disparities, health equity, School of Medicine, service to others, student experience

• School of Medicine Students Build Community By Reflecting on What Drove Them to Pursue Medicine

  Forty first-year medical students and Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies Program (GEMS) students gathered virtually April 13 for the seventh-annual “I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine” event to remind themselves why they pursued careers in medicine and to reflect on how to remain their authentic selves in stressful environments.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine, student events, student experience

• Golden Apple Awards 2023: Celebrating the GUSOM Community

  Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored during the annual Golden Apple Awards ceremony, held April 1 in the Georgetown University Intercultural Center Auditorium & Galleria.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Golden Apple Awards, School of Medicine

• Medical Students Honor Anatomical Donors and Their Families at Special Mass

  For medical students at Georgetown, anatomy lab is a critical and transformative experience. At the Anatomical Donor Mass, the School of Medicine Class of 2025 honored the lives of those who made that experience possible.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: anatomical donor program, medical education, School of Medicine

• Students Matching in Family Medicine Called by Cura Personalis and Commitment to Community

  Surrounded by fireplaces, family and flowers, School of Medicine students mingled with anticipation in the Healey Family Student Center just before opening their match letters revealing the next destination in their training.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Match Day, medical education, primary care, School of Medicine

• Out of the Hospital and to the Hill, Medical Students Focus on Public Policy

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health advocacy, opioid epidemic, School of Medicine

• GUMC Students Focus on Giving Back This Holiday Season

  (December 16, 2022) — In the midst of final exams and their own holiday preparations, students at the School of Health, School of Nursing and School of Medicine volunteered to spread happiness and health throughout the Georgetown community and beyond. School of Health Through Georgetown Individuals Vocal and Energetic for Service (GIVES), undergraduate students organize […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, School of Health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, student experience

• Veterans Day 2022: Stories from GUMC Student Veterans

  (November 11, 2022) — Georgetown University is home to over 1,200 military-connected students, including current service members, veterans and military families. On Veterans Day — and throughout the year — we honor their service to our country. We introduce you to a few current and former students who credit their time in the service with […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, School of Nursing, student experience, student veterans

• Medical Students Train Congressional Staffers on Opioid Overdose Reversal

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, School of Medicine, student experience