The School of Medicine offers graduate certificate programs to its Doctor of Medicine (MD) students who wish to gain focused expertise in a specific area. Each program has its own admission and completion requirements. Consider a certificate in Biomedical Ethics, Health Equity, LGBTQ Health, or Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Details about each program can be found online at medschool.vanderbilt.edu/certificate-programs/.
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If you are a third year student just starting your Immersion Phase, be sure to take 2 Integrated Science Courses (ISCs) this year. If you do, scheduling your fourth year (with interviews, your Acting Internship, and possible away rotations) will be much easier!
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Mario Davidson, PhD, MAS, MS, MA, is the new course director for Research PLAN, the intensive one-month research project-planning course. Dr. Davidson has carefully considered student feedback from AY2022-23 and past years to provide data-driven quality improvement. A few things students can expect for the new year: 1) a qualitative template for proposals, 2) more instruction on graphs, 3) increased opportunities for faculty-student interaction and 4) a frequently asked questions (FAQs) document for students.
Dr. Davidson describes himself as "a mentor and educator at
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Two new ISCs are currently in development, to be piloted in the spring of 2024. Be on the lookout
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| heart." Having been a PLAN facilitator since the course's inception, he has a deep understanding of the course. "I hope that students will hit the ground running on their research projects after having the course," he says.
When not teaching, researching, or providing statistical consulting, you can find him hanging out with his wife and two teenagers, playing music, or coaching a 9-10 recreational baseball team. If you want to get him talking, just ask him about baseball!
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LGTBQ+ Health: Collaborating with VIVID Health program, students will spend time in LGBTQ+ health-focused clinics gaining experience with adult gender-affirming hormone therapy and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Disability-Competent Care: Students will learn how to provide appropriate and equitable healthcare to individuals with disabilities. Clinical experiences will occur both within and outside of VUMC as well as in some non-medical settings.
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In the 2022-23 Graduation Questionnaire,
100%
of students reported that they were satisfied with their medical school education
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The 2023-24 VUSM catalog is published every year online. In it, students can find the policies that affect them, such as the absence request policy and transportation policy. You can find all listed online.
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One of VUMC’s first major research grants was received in 1932 from the Rockefeller Foundation: $250,000 earmarked for clinical research.
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Find most of what you need online in the MD Gateway under Immersion.
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