AMA offers four scholarship opportunities; apply for nomination by Jan. 13, 2023 The American Medical Association (AMA) has four scholarship opportunities for rising fourth-year students or students graduating in May/June 2024. Underrepresented in Medicine (formerly Minority Scholars Award – $10,000 award) ·African American/Black, Latinx/Hispanic or American Indian/Native Hawaiians/Alaska Native who demonstrates a dedication to […]
CQI Spotlight: Accreditation report on student access to healthcare services The UW School of Medicine made changes after The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) determined that element 12.4, which addresses student access to health care services during clinical training, is unsatisfactory. Learn much more about policy changes and the availability of centralized, useful information […]
There are no updates for MS4s this week. In case you missed it, here is the previous newsletter for MS4s. Have a great week!
ICYMI: Be sure to access to TexasSTAR by Jan. 3, 2023 UWSOM Career Advising has provided you access to TexasSTAR, a national data resource used to demystify the residency application process. This tool allows you to review self-reported data from recently matched medical students so that you can better target your residency applications to programs […]
Y2Q survey update This is an update from Sara Kim, associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement: Seven students completed the survey in the past week, bringing the school’s response rate to 60 percent! If we had 27 students complete the survey over the next two weeks, we would reach 70 percent participation. We continue to […]
Pathway application deadline is this evening! As we shared last week, the deadline to apply is this evening, Dec. 15; learn more about the different Pathways here: Black Health Justice Pathway https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/black-health-justice-pathway/ Latinx Health Pathway: https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/latinx-health-pathway/ LGBTQI+ Health Pathway: https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/lgbtq-health-pathway/ Indian Health Pathway: https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/indian-health-pathway/ After you open the link, click on “Apply for Pathway” on the main pathway website. Meanwhile, non-clinical electives sponsored […]
This is a message from Suzanne Allen, M.D., M.P.H, Vice Dean for Academic, Rural and Regional Affairs: Thank you to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs search committee for their time and diligence in conducting the search over the last year and a half. The committee was co-chaired by Darryl Potyk and Anne Browning with […]
Gabriel E. Sarah, M.D., M.A.Ed., has been named the new Associate Dean for Student Affairs for the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). He will join the School in this role on May 1, 2023. Dr. Sarah is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at the University of California, San […]
Y2Q surveys still available This is an update from Sara Kim, associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement: Eleven of you completed the survey in the past week and helped increase our response rate to 57 percent (up 4 percentage points). We are still well ahead of the national response rate (38 percent). Thank you very […]
Pathway application deadline extended to Dec. 15, 2022 The deadline has been extended; learn more about Pathways here: Black Health Justice Pathway https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/black-health-justice-pathway/ Latinx Health Pathway: https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/latinx-health-pathway/ LGBTQI+ Health Pathway: https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/lgbtq-health-pathway/ Indian Health Pathway: https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/indian-health-pathway/ After you open the link, click on “Apply for Pathway” on the main pathway website. Meanwhile, non-clinical electives sponsored by the Office of Healthcare Equity for Winter 2023 […]
