Tia Drake, our Designated Institutional Official and Executive Director of GME, has made the difficult decision to step down from her role to take on the role of Executive Director of the Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME). Tia has been deeply involved in AHME for many years, is passionate about the work they do, […]
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AOA Class of 2022 Announcement
On behalf of the Washington University School of Medicine Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, we are pleased to announce the Class of 2022 comprising newly elected WUSM faculty, house officers and alumni from across the institution. Congratulations to all! Faculty House Officers WUSM Alumni
Thank You Dr. Deptola and Welcome Dr. Kummer
Dr. Amber Deptola is stepping down from her leadership role directing the Explore Program of the Gateway Curriculum. Dr. Deptola led the creation of the program from its inception, including supervising the development of the Explore Immersion, the Inquiry Curriculum, and providing oversight of the four Explore Pathways. Under her leadership, the Explore program was […]
Gateway’s Approach to IPE
What I love about sports is that for a team to succeed, each team member must know their role and responsibility even in individual sports like tennis – trainers, coaches, racquet stringers. Just like athletes, future physicians must learn to work effectively on healthcare teams which are complex and require the cooperation of many different […]
Announcing – Supporting a Fair Environment (SAFE) Initiative Launch
The SAFE initiative aims to improve our learning environment by promoting positive behaviors and managing concerns about mistreatment and unprofessional behaviors. The new Supporting a Fair Environment (SAFE) committee, led by Dr. Lisa Moscoso, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Dr. Jenny Duncan, Director of Wellness for GME has been working over the past few […]
Updated COVID Activity Guidance
WUSM Specific Updated Activity Guidance (effective November 5, 2021): Updated Guidelines: Masking: Masking is required in all indoor spaces, including cubicles, regardless of vaccination status. Masks may be removed while alone in non-clinical private spaces (offices, private meeting spaces, break rooms, labs, classrooms, meeting rooms). Masks may be removed while eating or drinking with appropriate […]
Supporting a Fair Environment (SAFE) Initiative to address mistreatment and unprofessional behaviors in the learning environment
Note: The SAFE Reporting website is now live at safereporting.wustl.edu. This past year a taskforce was charged with developing a plan to address concerns that have been raised about the learning climate at Washington University Medical Center. Specifically, we have noted rising rates of reported mistreatment from our medical students, with similar trends among residents […]
University diversity team works to align ‘our values and our reality’ (Links to an external site)
Leaders to speak at Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action
Med students launch ‘500 Women in Medicine’ initiative (Links to an external site)
Gender-equity research leads to effort to promote female leadership in medicine
School of Medicine creates its own medical assistant apprenticeship (Links to an external site)
Program’s goal is to spark more interest in the field
Course teaches medical trainees how to provide care in developing countries (Links to an external site)
‘You have to think on your feet and out of the box’
ACP Missouri Chapter meeting winners
“Many of us enjoyed a busy weekend at the Missouri ACP meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks. Next week I will send out a link to some photos. Student Hari Raman W4 was presented with the ACP Clerkship Award and Eunhye Oak W3 was presented with the ACP Physical Diagnosis Award. The Doctor’s Dilemma […]
Learning Labs (Links to an external site)
For most medical students, there’s a major obstacle to doing research: being in medical school. Not at Washington University.