All Posts: student experience

• Nursing, Medical Students Administer Flu Shots

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, School of Nursing, service to others, student experience

• Latino Medical Students Strive to Increase Health Access and Build a Sense of Community

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: latine health, population health, racial equity, service to others, student experience

• Pre-Orientation Program Introduces Incoming Students to Pursuing Health Care with a Social Justice Focus

  (August 19, 2022) — CURA, the only pre-orientation program at Georgetown focused on health, immerses incoming students in the Jesuit values of community and service and sets out to imbue students with the knowledge that a person cannot be healthy without addressing underlying social determinants. “CURA welcomes students to Georgetown and builds a sense of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: CURA, School of Health, School of Nursing, social justice, student experience, student pre-orientation

• HOYA Summer Medical Academy Inspires School of Health First Year Student

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: high school programs, School of Health, student experience

• Undergraduates Study Respiratory Viruses from Bench to Bedside in School of Health-Led Internship in Argentina

  (July 1, 2022) — Georgetown undergraduates taking part in the Translational Health Science Internship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, learned what patients with respiratory viruses experience by seeing how discoveries are made at the molecular level and then applying this knowledge to diagnosing patients. The program, led by the School of Health’s human science department, included […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: research, School of Health, student experience

• HOYA Clinic Volunteers at Capital Pride with Casa Ruby

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

• GUMC Student Fathers Reflect on Their Experiences

  (June 17, 2022) — In addition to the joy and excitement of welcoming a new baby to the world, becoming parents as students at GUMC gave these fathers better time management skills, new insights into patient care, a renewed motivation to excel, and a sense of gratitude for the kindness of their classmates, faculty and […]

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

• Balancing Studies and Motherhood: Student Mothers Share Their Stories

  (May 7, 2022) — Students pursuing careers in health and medicine have a lot to juggle. For these students who became mothers during their studies at Georgetown, the experience was challenging and rewarding, thanks in part to supportive faculty, staff, classmates and family members. “‘The baby will make space for itself and everything else will […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, Mother's Day, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, student experience

• NHS Students Volunteer at Community-Based Organization on Day of Service

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others, student experience

• SNMA Connects, Informs and Empowers Underrepresented Students

  (February 19, 2022) — In celebration of Black History Month, medical students in Georgetown’s chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) planned “Melanin in Medicine: Liberation Through Black Identity,” a series of events including virtual study halls, a documentary film screening and Q&A panel discussions on issues impacting Black clinicians. The annual programming is […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Black History Month, School of Medicine, SNMA, student experience, student support