In this issue:
- Vote Now for Physician’s Oath & Hooding Ceremony Keynote Speaker
- Registration is Now Open for the Physician’s Oath & Hooding Ceremony
- The Alumni Career Support Network
- AAMC Graduation Questionnaire Week #3 Update
Vote Now for Physician’s Oath & Hooding Ceremony Keynote Speaker
Voting is now open for you to select the keynote speaker for the Physician’s Oath & Hooding Ceremony via the following link: Keynote speaker voting form
Voting will close at on Wednesday, April 8. Information about the nominees, including their specialty, WWAMI location, and speaker history, can be found in the survey.
Registration is Now Open for the Physician’s Oath & Hooding Ceremony
The Physician’s Oath and Hooding Ceremony is the acknowledgment by the School of Medicine of the completion of your medical training. At the ceremony, you will be invested with your doctoral hood and recite the Physician’s Oath. Attendance at the UWSOM Physician’s Oath & Hooding Ceremony is optional. All graduates (including those who are not planning to attend) must complete the registration form so that staff can plan accordingly. Please complete the following form before 12 PM PT on Friday, April 17: Registration form
The Alumni Career Support Network
As students prepare to graduate and begin residency, they enter a time of rapid growth and important career decisions. The Alumni Career Support Network can help connect recent graduates with UW School of Medicine alumni across specialties who are open to informal conversations about training, career paths, and navigating the early years of practice. It’s a simple way to hear firsthand perspectives from physicians who once stood where you are now.
The new Alumni Career Support Network provides peer support to help alumni explore their professional path, connect with others, and build community.
Our alumni volunteers can talk about the real moments that shape lives and careers in medicine, healthcare and research, such as:
- Life and career transitions and decisions
- Professional challenges and pivots
- Common experiences such as early-career stress
- Opportunities for networking
- Finding colleagues with shared backgrounds or research interests
- Connecting with alumni in a new city
- Peer mentoring and support
You can filter your search to easily find exactly what you’re looking for. Our team hopes you will take advantage of this free alumni benefit!
AAMC Graduation Questionnaire Week #3 Update
Thank you to the 104 students who have increased our response rate to 37% this week (national: 46%), a 7% increase from last week!
Wyoming leads the pack with over 2/3 of the class completing the survey at 67% completion, followed by Idaho (47%), Alaska (44%), Montana (40%), Spokane (38%), and Seattle (23%). Our school’s goal is 80% this year and the survey will close early June. Please see the graph above.
Your personalized survey link was emailed from gq@aamc.org on March 1st, with another reminder on March 15th. Please look for the subject line: “Your link to the 2026 AAMC Medical School Graduation Questionnaire (GQ)” or search for the email from gq@aamc.org.
Incentives
By filling out the survey, you could win up to $50 for your participation!
Why Your Response Matters
This survey, designed for all graduating medical students, provides national benchmarks in areas such as curriculum, student services, and the learning environment. Your feedback directly shapes how we improve the UWSOM medical education program for future students. Our goal is an 80% response rate, and we truly appreciate your help in getting there.
Thank you again for lending your voice!
This link will take you to past information for MS4s.