All Posts: medical education

• Beauchamp Speaks with Medical Students About Growing After ‘Falling Short’

  Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS, executive vice president for health sciences and executive dean of the School of Medicine, shared mistakes made and lessons learned throughout his career as part of the “We Messed Up” Initiative, a student group that hosts speakers to share stories about overcoming professional and personal setbacks.

  Category: News Stories Tags: medical education, student experience

• Georgetown University Special Master’s Program and School of Medicine Announce Formal Linkage for Admissions Interviews

  The Georgetown University Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics – a one-year intensive M.S. program for aspiring medical students, and the longest-running program of its kind in the United States – has announced a formal linkage with Georgetown University School of Medicine, guaranteeing School of Medicine admissions interviews to SMP students who meet academic benchmarks.

  Category: News Stories Tags: medical education, pharmacology & physiology, Special Master's Program

• Health Justice Scholars Present Capstone Research Addressing Gaps in Health Equity

  Fourth-year medical students who chose to deepen their understanding of health disparities by enrolling in the Health Justice Scholars longitudinal academic track presented their final research projects during the annual Health Justice Week, a collaboration with the Health Justice Alliance (HJA), a medical-legal partnership between Georgetown’s medical and law centers.

  Category: News Stories Tags: health justice, Health Justice Alliance, Health Justice Scholar Track, Health Justice Scholars, Health Justice Week, longitudinal academic track, medical education, student experience

• Match Day 2025: By the Numbers

  Match Day at GUSOM is always memorable. Here are some noteworthy facts about this year’s event.

  Category: News Stories Tags: Match Day, Match Day 2025, medical education

• Success at the End of Adversity: A Match Day Reapplicant Story

  In 2023, Sarah Lucas (M’24) didn’t match with a residency program. Now a first-year resident in orthopedic surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Lucas looks back on that Match Week as divine intervention.

  Category: News Stories Tags: Match Day, medical education, student experience

• Dedication to Primary Care Research Earns Merenstein Prestigious Honor

  In recognition of his dedication to primary care research, Georgetown professor Dan Merenstein, MD, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

  Category: News Stories Tags: antibiotic resistance, faculty honors, medical education, National Academy of Medicine, primary care, probiotic research, research

• Medical Students Gain Confidence with a Dose of Cultural Humility Through Summer Experience

  A monthlong medical mission to the Dominican Republic this summer was a valuable opportunity for two School of Medicine students to experience health care delivery in an under-resourced area of the world.

  Category: News Stories Tags: global health, medical education, population health, student experience

• Vinayak, Vicini Inducted as Master Teachers in MAGIS Society

  The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers inducted its newest members during a ceremony before family, colleagues and fellow Master Teachers — an annual tradition marking the start of commencement activities at the medical center.

  Category: News Stories Tags: faculty awards, MAGIS, medical education

• American College of Physicians Selects Princy N. Kumar, MD, For National Medical Education Award

  The American College of Physicians (ACP), will present the Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award to Princy N. Kumar, MD, MACP, at its Internal Medicine Meeting in April.

  Category: News Releases Tags: faculty awards, faculty honors, medical education

• Nursing, Medical Students Honor the Gift of Anatomical Donors

  Students from Georgetown’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing came together to honor and pay respect to those who donated their bodies to benefit their education, and to express gratitude to their families, at the annual interfaith Anatomical Donor Memorial Celebration at Dahlgren Chapel on the university’s campus.

  Category: News Stories Tags: anatomical donor, Anatomical Donor Mass, medical education