Member Spotlights

HISTORY Our program started in 2009 as an advisory program. It still largely is advisory in structure, but over time we have taken on many features of learning communities, and aim to develop this further. STRUCTURE 10 Advisories, each led by a Faculty Advisor Each Faculty Advisor have a tenth of each class. Students in the same advisory share time in our doctoring course as well as other…

History Our program started in 2005 as an optional program led by volunteer faculty mentors and student LC reps. In 2015, the program underwent a major overhaul that included the hiring of 11 faculty mentors with protected time to devote to their learning communities, and the introduction of a 4-year learning community course into the curriculum. Program Goals Our program mission is to…

History Our program started in 2007, and now includes the entire OSU Wexner College of Medicine. We now have 78 small groups that meet across all four years, and have representatives from every department serving as small group leaders. Structure Small group Same group for 4 years Mandatory participation Social functions related to the communities Career planning, group…

The Learning Societies at Georgetown University School of Medicine serve as a platform for the creation of mentor-rich environments for crowd-sourced learning of mindfulness, resiliency, professional authenticity, and leadership. Every student joins one of five Learning Societies- Harvey, Rose, Stewart, Hufnagel and Knowlan upon matriculation, as determined by his or her Academic Family. Click…

History Twenty five years ago, the then science writer for the New York Times, Daniel Goleman, published a landmark book called Emotional Intelligence. This work, based on cutting edge research by the then Professor and now President of Yale University, Peter Salovey, brought to light what many people long knew; IQ was important to success, but perhaps even…

History In 2006, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine  (VUSM) underwent an intentional restructuring of its advisory organization. In search of a system that promoted student wellness and facilitated career planning, the administration drew inspiration from the centuries-old Oxford model to develop the Advisory Colleges Program (ACP), now known simply as The Colleges. As the program…

History Our Learning Communities (LCs) were established in 1999 to enhance the activities, opportunities and relationships students encounter beyond the formal curriculum. Each medical and physician assistant student, along with interested faculty and staff, is assigned to one of four communities named for a prominent figure in University of Iowa medicine. Dr. William Bean Learning…

History In 1999, the School of Medicine in partnership with the KU Medical Alumni Society established Academic Societies to foster a collegial learning environment through student-student, student-faculty, and faculty-faculty interactions. Like other learning communities, the societies evolved from an initial focus on learning, leadership development, and community service to a substantial role…

History We began our LC, which we call the Societies Program, when we revised our curriculum at the University of Arizona in 2006 and moved from longitudinal departmental-based courses to an integrated block-based structure. The Societies Program was envisioned to teach clinical and professional skills in our two-year  “Doctor & Patient” block and provide student support…

History The fall of 2010 marked a major turning point for medical education at the University of Virginia. An institution known for its Jeffersonian tradition welcomed an expanded class into a new education building and moved from a discipline-based pre-clerkship curriculum to a systems-based curriculum with a focus on team-based learning. Larger class size, variable schedules and rotation…

History The Educators-4-CARE (E4C) Program was established in 2008 to enhance the development of medical students as skilled and compassionate physicians. E4C provides a formal curriculum aimed to foster the development of some of our core values: Compassion,  Advocacy,  Responsibility,  and  Empathy from the beginning and throughout medical school. Each incoming…

History The UWSOM College Program began in 2001 as part of a curriculum review, with the goal of enhancing clinical skills training throughout the 4 years of medical school education linked to a robust mentoring program.  While we had had a strong history of early clinical skills training at the UWSOM, it was increasingly difficulty to ensure truly excellent skills training for all…

History The Colleges Advisory Program (CAP) was founded in 2005 by the Deans of the School of Medicine and student leaders of the Medical Student Senate. In the years leading to CAP’s founding, students voiced a strong desire for better relationships with faculty and guidance in navigating the road map of medical training. One student’s comment, “I just want someone to know me…