Please complete data stewardship training by Wednesday, Nov. 15
UW Medicine and the UW School of Medicine require all medical students to learn how to properly safeguard confidential information and comply with standards for personal accountability for data stewardship.
Please complete the UW Privacy, Confidentiality, and Information Security Agreement PCISA requirement in the To-Do List of your UW71 Castlebranch account [mycb.castlebranch.com].
This applies to all students, including concurrent degree/MSTP students and students on a leave of absence.
Castlebranch will provide prompts in order to meet the UW Medicine Data Stewardship requirements. For further details, see an email distributed on the administrative Listservs on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Be sure to upload the signed form to your UW71 CastleBranch Compliance Tracker by Nov. 15. Make sure your UW Student ID Number is on the form. Please monitor your submission to make sure it is approved.
If you have follow-up questions on how to encrypt your devices, please reference the following UW Medicine ITS Security webpage at https://depts.washington.edu/uwmedsec/ or email UWSOM Academic and Learning Technologies at somalt@uw.edu.
Clinical research summer externship available
The Robert A. Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program (Winn CIPP) for medical students is designed to increase diversity in clinical trials and transform the clinical research landscape.
Winn CIPP is a 6-week intensive and immersive summer service-learning externship that provides medical students who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM) and/or from a disadvantaged background with opportunities to experience and participate in clinical research conducted in community-based clinical research settings.
There are several programs around the country. To learn much more about this opportunity, visit the Winn Awards website. Apply by Jan. 8, 2024.
ICYMI: Career planning sessions scheduled
Here is information about three upcoming career planning sessions:
Idaho
- Monday, Nov. 13; noon, PT
- Lunch will be provided
- Classroom near the Anatomy Training Lab
Join your career advisor, Tonja Brown, for guidance on career planning priorities for the remainder of Foundations and looking ahead to clerkships. We will discuss Step and career plans, CV building and takeaways from the most recent residency application cycle and Match 2023. We look forward to seeing you all! Slides will be sent out prior to the session. Questions? Email tlbrown@uw.edu.
Wyoming
- Thursday, Nov. 16; 12:15 p.m., MT
- Lunch will be provided
- Health Science Room 459
Join your career advisor, Sarah Thomson, for guidance on career planning priorities for the remainder of Foundations and looking ahead to clerkships. We will discuss Step and career plans, CV building and takeaways from the most recent residency application cycle and Match 2023. Sarah will send out slides prior to the session so you can bring your questions. Questions about this session? Email saraht44@uw.edu.
Spokane
- Monday, Nov. 20; noon, PT
- Lunch will be provided – sign up for lunch using the link posted in the Elentra event.
- 840 Building, Room 212
Join your career advisor, Tonja Brown, for guidance on career planning priorities for the remainder of Foundations and looking ahead to clerkships. We will discuss Step and career plans, CV building and takeaways from the most recent residency application cycle and Match 2023. We look forward to seeing you all! Slides will be sent out prior to the session. Questions about this session? Email tlbrown@uw.edu.
Montana
- Monday, Dec. 4, 11:30 a.m. MT
- Location: Lecture Hall
Tip of the Month” from the Career Advising Student Advisory Board
You’re almost done with the classroom portion of medical school! During this last bit of pre-clinical med school, continue going to interest group events, volunteering, and doing other extracurriculars. If you haven’t gotten to shadow some of the specialties that you wanted, get them done before the end of the year. Life is busy during clerkships, so these things are harder to do. Of course, prioritize your blocks first, and don’t spread yourself too thin. 😊
- Originally written by BIPOC alum Shanelle Briggs. Reviewed by Career Advising Student Advisory BIPOC board member L’Oreal Kennedy.
In case you missed it, here is a link to the previous newsletter for MS2s.
Have a wonderful week!