This page contains all MS2 updates included in the UWSOM Weekly Student Newsletter.
There is no new news for MS2s but please see the new Career Advising tip below. Tip of the Month” from the Career Advising Student Advisory Board Studying for Step 1 can feel demoralizing at times and very stressful. Here are some tips on maintaining wellness through Step 1 dedicated: Take one day off a […]
If you haven’t already, please take the AAMC Y2Q survey A message from Gabe Sarah, M.D., associate dean for Student Affairs and Sara Kim, Ph.D., associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement: MS2 students, thank you for helping raise our response rate from 24 percent at the end of October to 38 percent. We are 11 […]
ICYMI: 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 […]
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 […]
Update about Patient Care scheduling This message applies to MS2s who are entering the Patient Care phase of the curriculum in Spring 2024 or later (except WRITE and Olympia LIC students). Here’s what the Registration and Learning Environment teams have to say: Good news: The scheduling program, EVOS, is running, so we’re getting closer to finishing […]
Please take the 2023 student survey – find it in your inbox – to help our school Here’s a request from Sara Kim, Ph.D., associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement: “The medical school is asking you to complete a five-minute survey as part of the school’s accreditation requirement. The purpose of the survey is described […]
Your chance to win prizes through the AAMC Year-2 Questionnaire (Y2Q) Gabe Sarah, M.D, associate dean for Student Affairs and Sara Kim, Ph.D., associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement, want to thank the 29 students who completed the AAMC Y2Q survey this week. Here is a regional breakdown of the response rates with Montana students leading the […]
The Y2Q survey is here; thank you for your help Gabe Sarah, M.D., associate dean for Student Affairs and Sara Kim, Ph.D., associate dean for Educational Quality Improvement, thank the 18 students who took the time to complete, and the four students who started and saved, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Y2Q survey. […]
Patient Care Preferencing continues with a new deadline Patient Care preferencing for clerkships offered Spring 2024-Winter 2025 continues until Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at 3 p.m. AK, 4 p.m. PT, 5 p.m. MT. This is an extension of the original deadline to give you more time during a busy exam week. As a result Registration […]
It’s time for Patient Care scheduling! Attention MS2 students entering the Patient Care phase of the curriculum in Spring Quarter 2024 (except WRITE and Olympia LIC students): Submit your Patient Care clerkship preferences for time periods, geographic zones, and/or sites using eValue Optimization Scheduling (EVOS) before the deadline. EVOS is an automated process that simultaneously […]
