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2023 Jul 31

White Coat Day 2023

(All day)

Location: 

HMS Quad
During the first week in August, incoming students receive their white coats as they prepare for the challenges of medical school. 
2023 Oct 30

Daniel D. Federman Teaching Awards Celebration

4:30pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

TMEC 246 Walter Amphitheater and Atrium

Harvard Medical School annually bestows teaching awards on its most outstanding teachers, who, through their excellence in teaching, will impact and influence the professional lives of students long after graduation. The awards presented at the Daniel D. Federman Teaching Award Celebration are HMS's most visible recognition of the teaching accomplishments of a highly select group of the School's leading medical educators and reflect, in a small but tangible way, how much teachers are valued by their students and by HMS.   

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2022 Nov 09

Better Together Dialogue: Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools

12:10pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom link provided on registration

Christopher D. E. Willoughby, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 2016, he completed his PhD in history at Tulane University. He is the author of Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools (University of North Carolina Press, 2022), and with Sean Morey Smith, he edited the book Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery (Louisiana State University Press, 2021). He has published widely in popular and academic publications including The Washington Post and The Journal of the History of...

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2024 Mar 12

Soma Weiss Student Research Day

4:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

TMEC Atrium, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

4:00-5:00pm Student podium presentations, TMEC Amphitheater

5:00-6:30pm Student poster presentations, TMEC Atrium 

 

Soma Weiss Student Research Day is an annual forum where medical and dental students present their scholarly work and learn about the investigative work of their peers. The event, first organized by Harvard faculty and medical students in 1940, honors the memory of Soma Weiss, MD (1899-1942), an inspiring teacher and physician at HMS and an ardent supporter of student research. The day consists of a poster session and...

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2022 Sep 15

Countway Resource Fair

11:00am to 6:00pm

Location: 

Countway Library

Back by Popular Demand
 

We’re thrilled to announce that our in-person Countway Resource Fair is returning this fall!
 
Drop in Thursday, September 15 between 11am-6pm for our biggest annual event: we’ll be taking over the whole first floor and the L1 Atrium with exhibitor booths, food, giveaways, activities, and opportunities to learn about some of Countway’s incredible resources.
 
All current Harvard staff, faculty and students with Harvard IDs are invited to attend!
 
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2022 Apr 28

Harold Amos Mentorship Lecture: Thomas Sequist, MD, MPH, HMS ‘99

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Zoom link sent on registration

Harold Amos Mentorship Lecture

A Journey Toward Equity

Thomas Sequist, MD, MPH, HMS ‘99, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School;  Chief Medical Officer, Mass General Brigham

Dr. Sequist will receive the 2022 Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, Excellence in Mentoring award at the event.

Dr. Sequist is a member of the Taos Pueblo tribe in New Mexico and has conducted influential health policy research to advance our understanding of...

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2022 Apr 04

Fabric 2022: Kuponya

7:00pm

Location: 

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Fabric 2022 circular artistic image titled Kuponya of people gathering around a tree

Fabric is an annual event put on by the first-year HMS/HSDM class during Preview Days for incoming students. It originally began as a cultural showcase to celebrate the African diaspora and highlight the experiences of black students. Over...

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2021 Dec 09

Medical Education Grand Round

8:00am to 9:30am

Location: 

Via Zoom

The Academy at Harvard Medical School  with the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs (ORMA) announces: 

Keeping our Pledge to Health Equity and  Anti-Racism

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Overview: The first wave of reform to modern medical education occurred early in the 20th century following the Flexner report. The second...
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2021 Oct 14

Medical Education Grand Round: Tell Me I'm Great: How Poor Assessment Practices Make Us Unsafe

8:00am to 9:30am

Location: 

Via Zoom

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Overview: Psychological safety is the shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. This presentation introduces a closely related concept: educational safety. Educational safety considers the essence of what constitutes psychological safety for learners. Just as psychological safety can improve care outcomes, educational safety should be able to improve...

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