All Posts: student experience
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School of Health Students Travel to Kenya To Learn Local Solutions For Community Needs
School of Health students spent their spring break in Nairobi, Kenya, visiting government agencies, international companies and nongovernment organizations’ offices in order to better understand innovations in health in one of Africa’s most dynamic economies.
Category: GUMC Stories
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School of Health Graduate Students Visit Spanish Health Care Facilities as Part of Global Experience
Graduate students in the Master of Science in Health Systems Administration (MHSA) program traveled to Spain during their spring break to learn about the nation’s health care system as part of an experiential learning opportunity at the School of Health.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Match Day 2025 at the School of Medicine: By the Numbers
Match Day at GUSOM is always memorable. Here are some noteworthy facts about this year’s event.
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Success at the End of Adversity: A Match Day Reapplicant Story
In 2023, Sarah Lucas (M’24) didn’t match with a residency program. Now a first-year resident in orthopedic surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Lucas looks back on that Match Week as divine intervention.
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Health Equity Course Celebrates 10 Years of Educating and Empowering Students
Over the last 10 years, about 150 students from across the university have taken “Health Equity Think Tank: Exploring Realities and Solutions,” an innovative course created by the School of Health and the School of Nursing that encourages students to take a solutions-oriented approach to health equity issues.
Category: GUMC Stories
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From the Classroom to a Retreat Center, Dr. Fauci Makes the Rounds with Students
Since joining the faculty at Georgetown in July 2023, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, has met and connected with students not just in classrooms and lecture halls but also MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, the Calcagnini Contemplative Center, and even Yates Field House.
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Medical Students Organize Inaugural World Heritage Market
Medical students organized the first of its kind World Heritage Market to foster cultural awareness of the School of Medicine’s diverse student body.
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Medical Students Present Summer Research Findings
Just over 130 School of Medicine second-year students presented their summer research findings at the annual capstone presentation event — with more than 65 of them from the 2024 MedStar Health Medical Student Scholars program.
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He Almost Dropped Out of College. Now, This Medical Student Advocates for Health Equity and Mental Health
While the path to medical school is never guaranteed, for Dylan Hughes (M’28), getting to this point would have been unthinkable before.
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Georgetown Faith Leaders Welcome New Medical Students
Faith leaders from Georgetown’s Office of Campus Ministry greeted medical students at a special luncheon during new student orientation, held to express Georgetown’s commitment to students’ spiritual care.
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