This page contains updates for the MS1 class included in the UWSOM Weekly Student Newsletter.
ICYMI Don’t purchase AMBOSS yet A message from Dr. Heather McPhillips, associate dean for curriculum: You all may be hearing about the many third-party resources available for medical students to make purchases. As part of your next block, I&I, you will be required to purchase AMBOSS which is a popular Q-bank and learning resource. DO […]
Congratulations! Congratulations, first years, on launching into classes. We hope you’re as excited as the faculty and staff who are so happily getting to know you. We also know this is a lot of hard work. So we want to remind you about a resource, the intranet page of the Academic Support team. Here’s what […]
No updates for MS1s this week. ICYMI: Apply for testing/classroom accommodations now, if applicable If you need testing and/or other accommodations for medical school, contact the UW Disability Resources for Students (DRS) office now. All accommodations are processed through UW DRS, irrespective of your Foundations site. Review and approval of the accommodations application takes four […]
Orientation information If you’re in the regions of Alaska and Montana that have not started orientation yet, please check out last week’s newsletter for a list of things to know and to do. When it comes to precautions during the pandemic, please follow the recommendation of your local campus. A note for Seattle students: Because […]
ICYMI from last week: Pre-orientation items This is a reminder to complete all of your pre-orientation checklist items prior to starting orientation at your Foundations site. Please be sure to complete the following documents and upload them to the secured forms provided: Consent to Release Records form UW Medicine Publicity Release form UWSOM Photo Release […]
Welcome! We’re looking forward to your official start at the UW School of Medicine in July! You will receive this e-newsletter every Thursday by end-of-day to help summarize what’s going on in your class and to share important news and information you need to know. We always welcome your suggestions for these communications at uwsomcom@uw.edu. […]
Please be sure to read this if it applies to you: Action required this month for disability accommodations for clerkship locations Students who require clerkship location accommodations to manage their personal medical conditions/disabilities must apply for and be approved by the Disability Resources for Students (DRS) office prior to July 1. Because it can take two to five weeks, sometimes longer, […]
Please be sure to read this if it applies to you: Action required this month for disability accommodations for clerkship locations Students who require clerkship location accommodations to manage their personal medical conditions/disabilities must apply for and be approved by the Disability Resources for Students (DRS) office prior to July 1. Because it can take two to five weeks, sometimes longer, […]
A big thank you to everyone who took the educational quality improvement survey A message from Sara Kim, Associate Dean for Educational Quality Improvement (EQI): The survey is now closed, and I want to share the final response rates as summarized below. A big thank you to a Wyoming student who helped raise the response […]
This is it: If you haven’t already, take the survey, provide valuable feedback and enter to win A message from Sara Kim, Associate Dean for Educational Quality Improvement: Below is the near-final response rate as the survey link was sent Tuesday for the last time to those who haven’t had a chance to complete it. […]
