All Posts: student wellness

• School of Health’s Global Mental Health and Well-Being Initiative Builds Community with Art

  Students, faculty and staff gathered in St. Mary’s Hall to celebrate “From Ill-Being to Well-Being and the Liminal States In-Between: Art Exhibit,” a student-centered, semester-long multimedia art campaign intended to promote conversations about mental health presented by the School of Health’s new Global Mental Health and Well-Being Initiative.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: mental health, School of Health, student events, student experience, student wellness, well-being

• Perfectionism Among the Issues Addressed as Medical Students Link Identity and Wellness

  (April 12, 2019) – Perfectionism, imposter syndrome and isolation were the core themes explored this year at I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine, as dozens gathered for the annual event created to encourage students to engage in candid dialogues about the identity-driven interpersonal and structural challenges that may arise in their lives on a daily basis. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, School of Medicine, student wellness

• Helping Future Caretakers Take Care of Themselves

  (March 15, 2019) — When Simoné Jalon [SIM-oh-nay JAH-lahn], PsyD, discovered that Georgetown University was seeking a psychologist to work at the School of Medicine, she eagerly applied for the position. Motivated to work with medical students, Jalon started her position as the primary psychologist for Georgetown University School of Medicine on March 1. Hired […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: mental health, School of Medicine, student wellness, wellness