The 29th Annual Curriculum Colloquium took place on February 1, with almost 130 faculty, staff, and students in attendance in-person and virtually. The focus of the event was how we can help our educators consistently teach using best practices. Dean Shekhar kicked off the proceedings, emphasizing his support for education and faculty, as well as faculty development.
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Congratulations to Daniel Pan, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh, for receiving the 2024 West Virginia’s Governor’s Service Award.
Pan was one of six recipients of this prestigious award and the only recipient in the adult category.
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The fifth annual Pitt Sonogames competition was held on February 9th. The fun event, sponsored by OMED, involved 11 teams of primarily MS1 and MS2 that competed in hands-on and knowledge-based Point-of-Care Ultrasound challenges. The top two scoring teams received awards from OMED. Ultrasounds were donated by Sonosite, Philips, Mindray and GE. We look forward to continuing this tradition in the future!
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Modernization of Alan Magee Scaife Hall, the home of the University’s School of Medicine. Phase 1 of the project includes a 104,800 square-foot, seven-story West Wing addition that will house a 600-seat, state-of-the-art lecture auditorium, classrooms, teaching labs, a simulation center, and a new anatomy lab.
At the Office of Medical Education, we dedicate ourselves to facilitate high-quality, evidence-based and learner-centered training to students, to support and enable them to learn the art and science of medicine, so they can become outstanding physicians who are healers, activists, innovators, and leaders.
We accomplish this through:
Designing, organizing, monitoring, and evaluating an integrated curriculum;
Supporting faculty, staff and students in the process of teaching and learning;
Fostering a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment for all in our community;
Maintaining up-to-date, accessible, and appropriate facilities and resources for education;
Assessing learner/program outcomes through research and continuous quality improvement.
Explore the curriculum, and find out how Pittsburgh students learn that the patient is a person first.
Resources include academic support for students and easy links about courses, clerkships, and facilities.
The SP Program provides students the opportunity to become compassionate communicators and influential members of the medical community.
OMED's leadership strives to provide high-quality training that will fuel innovation and empower future providers.
Explore the curriculum, and find out how Pittsburgh students learn that the patient is a person first.
Resources include academic support for students and easy links about courses, clerkships, and facilities.
The SP Program provides students the opportunity to become compassionate communicators and influential members of the medical
OMED's leadership strives to provide high-quality training that will fuel innovation and empower future providers.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) has a well-developed curricular infrastructure that combines a lecture- and problem-based curriculum with early and in-depth clinical experiences and an integrated organ systems approach to the preclinical sciences. The clinical years are characterized by an integrated clerkship structure and an emphasis on student flexibility.
