The entering class of 2019 received their white coats from School of Medicine faculty and took the class oath in the presence of family and friends at Washington University School of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, August 16, 2019. Watch the livestream video, read the class oath and view photos from the event here.
Category: Announcements
Capstone Course Director Position Announcement
Hello everyone. I am writing to let you know that Dr. Gina LaRossa (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospitalist Medicine, Department of Medicine) has decided to step down as director of the 4th-year Capstone Course. We are enormously grateful for the considerable work Gina has put into the course and for seeing it through […]
The Academy of Educators Inaugural Cohort Announced
Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of the Academy of Educators at Washington University School of Medicine. This represents a group of outstanding faculty, selected through a rigorous process that included review of their applications by internal and external peer reviewers. We are looking forward to these members networking with each other and promoting educational excellence […]
The Academy of Educators is Pleased to Announce a New Faculty Development Program, Foundations in Teaching Skills (FITS) (Links to an external site)
The Foundations in Teaching Skills (FITS) is a certificate program for junior educators and faculty who are newly incorporating teaching excellence into their careers.
Office of Education Instructional Design Studio
Construction is nearly complete on the Washington University School of Medicine Instructional Design Studio, located on the lower level of Becker Library. The seven-hundred square foot space includes a sound-proof video-recording studio which supports filming using lightboard and greenscreen technologies. It also houses a recording booth for supported or independent screencast recording, along with a […]
Dr. Jennifer Duncan Named Director of Wellness for Graduate Medical Education
Dr. Duncan will begin her new role as of October 1, 2019. Dr. Duncan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and is the Program Director for the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Medicine and Pediatric residency and completed her fellowship in […]
Update on the Curriculum Renewal Process
As described in the prior edition of EdUpdate, the Curriculum Architecture Consensus Team has been working intensely over the last 6 months to develop the large-scale framework for the new Gateway Curriculum. This was accomplished by taking the ideas and concepts built by the original architecture teams and incorporating the massive and helpful feedback obtained […]
Washington University commits $100 million to MD scholarships, education (Links to an external site)
Investment provides free or reduced tuition to majority of incoming students
New Director of Assessment: Dr. Amanda Emke
Dr. Amanda Emke from the Department of Pediatrics will join the Office of Medical Student Education as the Director of Assessment beginning Monday, July 1, 2019. Dr. Emke came to us from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine for her pediatrics residency in 2002 and she additionally completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care. […]
Instructional Design Studio and Videographer
Matt Rice has joined the Office of Education as our first-ever, full-time Videographer. He has a B.A. in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University and he has worked as a freelance videographer since 2013. Examples of Matt’s work are linked here. In 2013, Matt was also a post-production intern for Ken Burns’ documentary, […]