The 156th Founders’ Day welcomed the incoming Class of 2018 to medical school bestowing first-year students with their white coats.
First-year medical students start the year with interactive lectures, team-based learning and clinical experiences during the Introduction to the Profession Module.
Kimberly Golden, MD, a third-year pathology resident, was presented with the 2014 Marco Ellis Legacy Award for her extraordinary contributions to the McGaw Diversity Council.
Brigid Dolan, MD, and Bernice Ruo, MD, both assistant professors in General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, received the 2014 Augusta Webster Fellowship.
First-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students celebrated the 8th Annual Clinical Practice Ceremony on June 20, receiving patches for their white coats as they start their full-time clinical internships.
The simulation curriculum is being implemented at half of the nation’s Veterans Affairs facilities in an effort to further reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections and mechanical complications such as pneumothorax and arterial puncture.
The 27 awards presented at the Second Annual Honors Day acknowledged senior medical students for their outstanding academic achievement and faculty members for their contributions to education.
The 29 members of the Physician Assistant Program Class of 2014 received their Master of Medical Science degrees on Saturday, May 17.
After a national search, Michael MacLean, MS, PA-C, has been named director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program.
Shelby Rubin, PA ’15, has already accomplished something most people haven’t – the founding and running of a nonprofit organization called Camp Kesem, a free summer camp for children ages 6 to 16 whose lives have been affected by a parent’s cancer.