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Interprofessional projects use the talents of students from different disciplines to help the underserved and vulnerable By Jordi Despaigne. interprofessional program coordinator The National Health Initiative (NHI) Community Medicine Cabinet is an interdisciplinary program that is currently being led by two passionate first-year medical students at the Bozeman foundation site, Erin Petersen and Anna McEvoy, with the collaboration of local pharmacy students. This program provides clinical...

A message from Academic and Learning Technologies: You can now update your pronouns in Identity.UW. This is the official UW source for pronoun data; this information will appear in Zoom when you log into the app. In addition, the information will appear in Canvas starting March 22. NameCoach remains and is still used for School of Medicine administrative purposes. The information you submit continues to...

A message from Career Advising: During SOAP and Match Week, March 13 to 17, Career Advising appointments and office hours are cancelled so that the career advisors can provide support to students participating in the SOAP process and to attend Match Day celebrations. If you need to get in touch with a career advisor urgently, please email the team at medadv@uw.edu and they will try...

The following is a statement from Heather McPhillips, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for Curriculum: I am pleased to announce that Sarah Galinato Gerrish, M.D., has accepted the position as Director for Curriculum Equity. She will start in this position on May 1, 2023.  Dr. Gerrish is a full-spectrum family physician whose passion lies in health care justice through community engagement and empowerment through identity equity...

Wyoming MS3 Taylor Kennedy briefly took the helm of the Wyoming Senate last week, above, but as you might expect, the legislature convened under its customary circumstances. Lawmakers applauded the visitors and selected Rob Monger, M.D. assistant clinical dean, Wyoming WWAMI, as official "Doc of the Day."  You can watch the brief ceremony during the Legislature's online record, available on YouTube here. Below, the group includes...

The Lasker Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2023 Essay Contest through March 31, 2023. This career- and resume-building opportunity is open to medical students, interns, residents, doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences and grad students training in health professions. Now in its 10th year, the contest awards several winners up to $5,000 for educational expenses. This year’s essay contest theme: "Ethical issues...

Please join a Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) Work in Progress on April 4, 2023. The presentation is 11 a.m. AK, noon PT and 1 p.m. MT. CLIME would like to invite medical students to give feedback on Tyler Bland, Ph.D.’s project Medimon: A monster-taming medical education curriculum. Abstract: The proliferation of e-learning resources in medical education has led to an increase...

The Colleges program welcomes André Mansoor, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Topic: Physical Diagnosis Potpourri  Day and time: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m. AK, Noon PT, 1 p.m. MT Physical location: Magnuson Health Sciences Building, T-439, in Seattle Watch online: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99280924845

A message from Admissions: Our Second Look event for accepted applicants is again a virtual experience, and we’d love for you and/or your student organization to be involved! We’re using a platform that will encourage interactions with our WWAMI-wide accepted applicants, current students, faculty and staff. This is a great opportunity for you to share your voice and to start making connections with the incoming students.  Applicants come from...

UW Medicine's The Huddle provides resources here at the start of February for Black History Month. You can read more about the month's origins, ways to commemorate the month, and a wide variety of educational resources.  Black History Month continues to highlight the achievements of Black Americans, celebrate Black culture and bring attention to the ongoing impact of racism. Black History Month is a special...