MS4

Open scheduling  –  sometimes known as add/drop  –  is the process of making changes to your Explore and Focus (E&F) schedule. To make a schedule change request, use the Clinical Schedule Change Form. To access the form, click on the link inside the email you're scheduled to receive tomorrow (Friday) at the times listed above from somreg@uw.edu with the subject line “OPEN SCHEDULING HAS...

As a reminder, all students currently in their Patient Care or Explore & Focus phases will be required to log all required clinical encounters lists for their required Patient Care and Explore and Focus clerkships in eValue. Please remember to log your clinical encounters under the “UWA,.Clinical Encounters”  program in eValue. You will not be logging under the department you have your rotation in. The...

This is a request from Katherine Schultz, M.D., clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, University of Iowa: Please complete this five- to 10-minute survey, aimed at understanding what influences medical students in their career preference. Your participation in this is voluntary, and answers will be kept confidential. You will be invited to participate in an optional one-time 30-minute interview to understand your responses. If you do...

If you will be graduating in 2023, please complete the criminal background check (CBC) requirement. Per the Student Handbook, students must complete a CBC in January prior to graduation, regardless of the completion date of the previous criminal background check. If you are not graduating in 2023, but your CBC is expiring in January, you will also need to complete a CBC at this time. You...

This is a message from the Transition to Residency Team and Alexandra Collis, M.D.: I am the new course director for Transition to Residency this year and wanted to introduce myself. I am a general internal medicine hospitalist at UW Medical Center-Montlake and am so excited to work with you all this spring as you take the final step toward becoming a physician. This year’s course...

The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) team invites you to participate in a live Q&A webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 9 a.m. AK, 10 a.m. PT and 11 a.m. MT. All questions related to using MyERAS and the residency season are welcome. The webinar will be recorded for later viewing. Register here.

Here’s a message from the Career Advising team to MS4s who will be applying for Match 2023: You received an email Wednesday from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) letting you know that on Sept. 7, you may certify and submit your MyERAS application and begin applying to programs. We do not recommend you submit your application early as we do...

The Center of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion invites you to join us for the UW Network of Underrepresented Residents and Fellows (UW NURF) Diversity Recruitment Town Hall on Thursday, Sept. 1, 202. The online event runs from 5 to 7 p.m. AK, 6 to 8 p.m. PT and 7 to 9 p.m. MT. This virtual event is intended to answer questions for prospective medical...

The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society Fall ‘Senior’ election will be held in early September. AOA is a national medical honor society in which election is based on a commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. There are 123 chapters around the country and each year, around 3,000 students, alumni, house staff, and faculty are elected into the society. You can learn...

Want to improve clerkship assessment?! Researchers are recruiting MS3s and MS4s for a UW Institutional Review Board-approved study about how clinical clerkship assessments impact learning. The researchers hope this study will benefit medical students by improving clerkship assessments. Participants will be offered a $50 gift card for one hour of their time. What does participation entail? A Zoom interview that will be approximately 50 minutes Questions about your...