In this issue:
- Final reminder: Deadline is this coming Sunday, Aug. 18 for action in the AOA Medical Honor Society Fall senior election
- Survey response rises to 66% – goal is 90%
Your final reminder: Deadline is this Sunday, Aug. 18, for the AOA Honor Medical Society
The UW chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society Fall ‘senior’ election will be held in early September. AOA is the national medical honor society. Membership signifies a lifelong commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service. There are 123 chapters around the country, and each year, approximately 3,000 students, alumni, residents, and faculty are elected into the society. You can learn more about the organization on the national AOA website or on the UW Chapter of AOA website.
Election action items:
- Nominate your MS4 peers: https://forms.office.com/r/bY4x0HSyWY
- Submit your application: https://forms.office.com/r/iWypNxMnVa
- Deadline for both: 10:45 p.m. AK, 11:45 p.m. PT, on Sunday, Aug. 18, and 12:45 a.m. MT Monday the 19th
NO late submissions will be accepted. A final reminder will be included in the Aug. 15 student newsletter.
Spring Survey response rate rises to 66% – goal is 90%
From Sara Kim, PhD, research professor, surgery, and associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement (EQI):
Thank you to everyone who helped raise the survey response rate from 65% to 66%.
This week’s accolade goes to Montana (96%) who had a 4 percentage point increase in their response rate this week! The next highest response rate goes to Wyoming (95%), followed by Idaho (79%), Spokane (76%), Alaska (50%), and Seattle (47). All were unchanged this week except for Seattle with a 1 percentage point increase.
We would be grateful for your continued contribution and dedication to completing this short survey.
Once your class reaches the overall response rate of 70%, we will raffle all unused $10 gift cards to you. You can choose to use your gift card with different vendors such as Amazon, Apple, Uber Eats, and many other stores, restaurants and movie theatres!
| Campus | # of Gift Cards ($10) if Campus Response Rates Reach 60% | Additional # of Gift Cards ($10) if Campus Response Rates Reach 85% | If Campus Response Rates Reach 100% |
| Seattle | 15 | 10 | Any unused gift cards will be raffled to the campus cohort(s) reaching 100% |
| Spokane | 9 | 6 | |
| Wyoming | 3 | 2 | |
| Alaska | 3 | 2 | |
| Montana | 5 | 3 | |
| Idaho | 6 | 4 |
Note: According to the UW policy, student employees (e.g., tutors, research assistants, hourly workers, etc.) cannot receive a gift card. If you win the raffle as a student employee, we will send alternative items of $10 value from Amazon.
Here is a link to the previous newsletter for MS4s.