Students pursuing careers in health and medicine have a lot to juggle. For these students who became mothers during their studies at Georgetown, the experience was challenging and rewarding, thanks in part to supportive faculty, staff, classmates and family members. |
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Kelley M. Anderson, PhD, FNP, CHFN-K, associate professor of professional nursing practice, recently completed her service as a Fulbright Specialist that provided the opportunity to share her expertise through a project developed by the Univerzita Pardubice in the Czech Republic. |
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Commuting and Transportation |
In anticipation of the significant number of guests who will be attending commencement activities, employees who work at the medical center and main campuses are asked to make alternate travel arrangements and avoid parking on or near campus May 19-22 and May 28-29. Learn more about alternative transportation arrangements.
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Members of the Class of 2020 have been invited to return to campus on May 28 for the undergraduate ceremony at 9:00 a.m. and the graduate and professional ceremony at 3:00 p.m. Please consider assisting in the commencement activities as a volunteer. Volunteers will be asked to attend a rehearsal in the week before the ceremonies. Those who are interested in volunteering should add their contact information and availability to this spreadsheet.
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National Nurses Week is a celebration of nurses everywhere, including those working in clinical settings, academia, research, policy and more. Please take a moment to thank a nurse you know or the ones you see. To all nurses, we thank you for your dedication to efficient, safe, compassionate and loving care for all. |
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2022 MAGIS Society of Master Teachers Inductees Announced |
This year, four faculty members will be inducted into the MAGIS Society of Master Teachers in recognition of their contributions to medical education.
They are:
Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH
Eileen S. Moore, MD
Thomas Sherman, PhD
Sean Whelton, MD
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Celebrate these master teachers at the 18th Annual MAGIS Society of Master Teachers Induction Ceremony on May 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the Goldberg Auditorium at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. |
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Ladan Eshkevari, PhD, CRNA, LAc, FAAN, program director and associate professor in the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia program was named the recipient of the Program Director of the Year Award by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesia (AANA). Since 1991, the AANA Program Director of the Year Award has been presented to a CRNA "who has made a significant contribution to the educational process of student nurse anesthetists,” per the AANA website. Eshkevari will receive her award at the AANA national meeting in August.
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Inspired by an undergraduate student referendum in 2019, the recently launched Reconciliation Fund will award $400,000 annually to community-based projects that have direct impact on Descendant communities. Community-based projects can take a variety of forms and cover a wide range of areas including health and legal clinics, environmental justice projects, after school and pre-college programs, projects focused on local history and memorialization, and more. |
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The Hoyas Interested in Psychiatry (HIP) student group hosts Physicians Working to Improve Access to Mental Health panel via Zoom on May 9 at 2:00 p.m. To mark Mental Health Awareness Month in May, join HIP and four panelists as they share how they’re helping more people gain access to mental health services, including some of their advocacy work. RSVP. |
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As part of the discovery phase of its work, the Task Force on the Future Organization of Graduate Studies will host three open listening sessions on Zoom for faculty and staff. These will be opportunities for members of the community to share their thoughts with the task force about matters pertaining to graduate education, and especially about the Graduate School and its relationship to other schools and units. |
The open listening sessions will be held:
- Monday, May 9, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 11, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Monday, May 9
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring presentations from residents and fellows with the highest scoring abstracts, followed by a celebration of the outgoing class of graduate medical education community members. Hosted by the MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health Academic Affairs, CENTILE and Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Monday, May 9
1:45 - 6:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring presentations by plenary speaker Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Daniel Marchalik, MD, MA, associate director of Georgetown’s Medical Humanities Initiative. Hosted by the MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health Academic Affairs, CENTILE and Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Tuesday, May 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to obtain, manage and manipulate citations using RefWorks: export/import citations, organize and share collected citations, create bibliographies, and enter/track citations while writing.
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Tuesday, May 10
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Alisa Schwartz, PhD, and Rachel Engelhardt, RDN, LPC, will address psychological and nutritional implications surrounding how providers address patients about matters related to food, body and mental health within the medical system.
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Wednesday, May 11
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The President’s Room (across from Riggs Library in Healy Hall)
Have a professional studio portrait/headshot taken by the university photographer. Follow these directions to download your pictures, which should be online within a week of the shoot.
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Wednesday, May 11
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn more about Open Access publishing, from article fees to grant requirements, including DML pilot programs for Open Access author support.
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Thursday, May 12
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more.
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Thursday, May 12
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Featuring T. Jake Liang, MD, Distinguished Investigator, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
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Friday, May 13
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom
Emily S. Tonorezos, MD, MPH, director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, presents “NCI Survivorship Research and Funding.”
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Friday, May 13
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Pellegrino Center director Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD, will moderate a conversation between Lee Jones, MD, dean for medical education at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and David J. Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges on “Medical Education and the Moral Enterprise of Medicine.”
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Wednesday, May 18
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall
In honor of Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAAPI) Heritage Month, join chef, entrepreneur and community-builder Erik Bruner-Yang for a presentation marking the establishment of our AAAPI Employee Resource Group (ERG) and celebrate Georgetown's AAAPI community. Reception to follow in the White-Gravenor Tent. All Georgetown students, faculty, and staff are welcome. Sponsored by the Georgetown AAAPI ERG.
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Thursday, May 19
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Faculty and staff can receive assistance with online teaching and learning tools available to them.
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18th Annual MAGIS Society of Master Teachers Induction Ceremony |
Thursday, May 19
5:00 p.m.
Goldberg Auditorium, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Join the MAGIS Society of Master Teachers as we honor physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and the health needs of our society.
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Friday, May 20
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Michael Terao, MD, MEd, of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, presents “Quality Improvement Knowledge in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Physicians: A Need for Improved Education” and Elke Jones Zschaebitz, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, assistant professor, Advanced Practice Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner Program at NHS, presents “Utilizing First Person Narratives (Storytelling) by Trans and Non-binary People to Increase Awareness and Decrease Bias in Clinical Health Education” for feedback from Teaching Academy members.
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Friday, May 20
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Paul Kolm, PhD, associate director in the Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics at MedStar Health Research Institute, presents “Competing Risks and Multistate Models.”
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Friday, May 20
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Faculty and staff can receive assistance with online teaching and learning tools available to them.
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