In this issue:
- GHIP Info Session Slides Available
- ICYMI: Join the EQI Strategic Planning Committee
- ICYMI: Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
- Career Advising Tip of the Month
GHIP Info Session Slides Available
The slides and recording of the Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP) info session held on November 4, 2025, are now available on the E25 Independent Investigative Inquiry Canvas site.
You can find them here: Canvas Link (scroll down to the “GHIP Information Session (All Sites)” section).
Please feel free to reach out to Kirsten Greene (kngreene@uw.edu) with questions about GHIP!
Join the EQI Strategic Planning Committee
The Educational Quality Improvement Strategic Planning (EQISP) Committee is recruiting two first-year students to serve as members of the committee.
The EQISP Committee is charged with ensuring that UWSOM meets its educational goals for medical student programs and achieves excellence and innovation in our learning programs. This translates to tracking metrics to meet our strategic plan goals, and monitoring accreditation standards and areas in need of improvement, providing guidance and recommendations to school leadership on improvements to our programs.
Service on the EQISP Committee requires a commitment to the advancement of medical education and an interest in and commitment to continuous quality improvement. This is an excellent opportunity to have a voice and make an impact in the school.
Learn more and apply by December 31, 2025
AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
The UW AOA chapter invites you to apply for the 2026 AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. UW AOA will be nominating one student from UWSOM-WWAMI to represent the UW chapter at the national selection. The award includes a $7,000 scholarship to support your research, to be conducted over a 2-12-month period (minimum of 240 hours). The research should focus on clinical investigation, basic laboratory research, epidemiology, social science/health services research, leadership, or professionalism.
This opportunity is open to first- and second-year students who do not already have and are not pursuing a PhD. You do not need to be a member of AOA to apply, and the opportunity is open to students at all WWAMI sites. Additional information, including a list of required application components, can be found here.
All application materials must be submitted via email to the members listed below by 11:59 PM PST on December 21, 2025.
Cheri Chambers [cheriliu@uw.edu]
Miranda Li [mli62@uw.edu]
Brian Riley [briley1@uw.edu]
Crystal Tam [crysjt8@uw.edu]
Career Advising Student Advisory Board Tip of the Month
This advice is for all MS1 students and includes first generation and BIPOC student lenses.
Now that you’re getting used to medical school, use your AAMC account to take this fun assessment to see what specialties might fit you well. You can use these results to help guide your Triple I summer research and shadowing experiences. If you enjoy this one, the AAMC has other assessments (specialties-based on values, personality, skills) that you can take here.
Reviewed by MS4 Cara Chapman. Originally written by alum Shanelle Briggs, MD.
Career Advising welcomes tips and ideas from all students. Please reach out to Career Advising at medadv@uw.edu.
This link will take you to past information for MS1s.