Medical Student Education Update
April 2022 - Volume VlI, Issue 2
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Policies
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (URSMD) has updated and revised important medical student policies. Students, residents and faculty should be
aware of these policies to optimize the learning environment. Policies and Procedures are located, in full, in the URSMD student handbook.
The Teacher-Learner polices can be directly accessed by visiting: https://mdpolicies.urmc.edu.
Double Helix Curriculum
SMD Educational Objectives
Class of 2022 Match Results
On March 18, 2022, the fourth year medical students learned where they were headed for residency. From Rochester's class of 2022, 27 students will stay at the University of Rochester Medical Center for their residency training and 77 will go elsewhere. Overall, UR SMD students pursuing residency training were placed in 24 different specialties, with the largest concentrations in Internal Medicine 24, Emergency Medicine 10, Family Medicine 10, Anesthesiology 7, Pediatrics 7 and General Surgery 7.
To read more about this year's match, click here.
2022 SMD Diploma Ceremony Guest Speaker
This year’s medical school Class of 2022 commencement speaker 2022 will be Brenda D. Lee, who served the School of Medicine and Dentistry from 1993-2016 as Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Humanities. Ms. Lee also held appointments in both the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies and the Frederick Douglas Institute of African and African American Studies. Ms. Lee is a Rochester native who earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree in Education from Antioch University. She was recruited back to Rochester from Harvard Medical School, where she served as assistant to the Dean.
Truly a pioneer in understanding the impact of inequities and developing solutions to combat them, Ms. Lee applied her lived experience and insight to conquer some uncharted and unseen barriers that contributed to a dearth of diversity in health care professions—long before universities and other organizations embarked on initiatives to address systemic racism. Her determination and foresight is the reason we have successful programs that open the doors of medical school to hundreds who would have never imagined such a career could be within their reach. She helped drive the efforts of the Associated Medical Schools of New York to increase enrollment of people who are historically excluded. She has become a national advocate, working to replicate New York’s successful initiatives in other states.
A mentor to countless medical students across all backgrounds and ethnicities, Ms. Lee helped lay the groundwork for a first-of-its-kind post-baccalaureate program to help prepare promising, historically excluded students toward success in medical school. The University of Rochester has since become one of nine medical schools in the state to participate in this program that has created 600 practicing physicians since 1991. She was also instrumental in developing the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), which supports historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students in preparing to enter college, launching them toward careers in health-related and other science, mathematics and technology fields. These are but a few stellar examples of how Ms. Lee’s ideas, energy and insight have brought institutions and individuals together to devise practical, real-world strategies for increasing diversity in medicine.
Ms. Lee blazed trails against all odds. She forged her own accomplished career while recognizing prejudices that thwarted opportunities for women and people of color. Undaunted, she applied that knowledge and experience and became a tireless advocate and advisor for those who are historically underrepresented.
The SMD Diploma Ceremony will take place at Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall on Saturday, May 14 at 3:00 pm.
2022 STFM Foundation Student Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to fourth year medical student, Cindy Jiao who has been awarded a 2022 STFM Foundation Student Scholarship from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). This highly competitive scholarship recognizes a strong commitment to academic family medicine through scholastic, volunteers, and leadership pursuits.
2022 AΩA Pharos Student Poetry Competition
Congratulations to Colleen Schneider, an MD, PhD student scheduled to graduate with the Class of 2022. Her poem, “2020 Touch” has won Third Place in the 2022 AΩA Pharos Student Poetry Competition and will be published in the 2022 Autumn edition of The Pharos.
Study: Art at the Bedside of Cancer Patients is Good Medicine
Congratulations to Davina Ran who placed second in the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. The essay contest prompts medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise that illustrates an experience in which they or a team member worked to ensure humanistic care. The winning essays will be published in Academic Medicine and the Journal of Professional Nursing.
URSMD's Family Medicine Interest Group
Congratulations to fourth year medical student, Emily Gore whose results of her randomized clinical trial are reported in the journal Supportive Care in Cancer, showing that anxiety was significantly lower among patients who viewed art at the bedside.
To read more about Emily's study, click here.
2022 American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Stone, recipient of the 2022 American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Teaching Award. This award recognizes individuals who have dedicated themselves to neurology education, not only creating future generations of neurologists but also teaching neurology to students choosing other disciplines. |
AlertUR is the University's emergency notification system. In the event of an emergency, alerts are sent to the University community by phone call, text message, or email. All students and employees are automatically enrolled with their University email address. You can opt to provide other contact information by logging in to the system with your NetID.
RESTORE/Rape Crisis
(585) 546-2777
University Health Service
(585) 275-2662
University Counseling Center
(585) 275-3113
River Campus ID Office
(585) 275-3975
Medical Center ID Office
(585) 273-2000
University Parking
(585) 275-4524
Facilities
(585) 273-4567
The following videos, prepared by the Committee on Media Creation for Giving Effective Feedback at URSMD, provide a resource for faculty, residents, preceptors, small group leaders, and tutors in giving feedback to students.
There are many opportunities to teach medical students at URSMD. Different formats and options include:
- Clinical teaching in the clerkships
- Small Group teaching
- Serving as a Problem Based Learning tutor
- Serving as preceptor for Phase 1 and Phase 2 medical students in primary care offices.
Please contact the Office of Curriculum and Assessment at (585) 275-0827 to discuss the different options available.