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Residency Training
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Residency Training
Postgraduate residency training in an approved hospital is considered essential preparation for the practice of medicine. Most Washington University graduates serve three or more years of residency training, and many will gain additional experience as postdoctoral fellows.
In order to aid students in obtaining desirable residency appointments, an active counseling program is maintained. Students in their preclinical years can participate in a career counseling workshop in which they are given very specific information about subspecialties. They are encouraged to look at their own interests, attributes and priorities and, with this information, begin to make decisions about the specialty best suited for them. In addition, small group conferences are held for students to meet with faculty members from a variety of the specialty divisions at Washington University to learn more about the fields that they are interested in.
During their third and fourth years, students interact closely with the Career Counseling Office, which provides them with individual counseling to help plan for the residency application process. Students receive general background information about the kinds of residencies available, special issues concerning certain extremely competitive residencies and help identifying faculty members for further assistance. The Career Counseling Office maintains a web site (residency.wustl.edu) where students can find information regarding 20 residency specialties. As the number of residencies may gradually decrease to closely approximate the number of graduates applying, students must make their choices with considerable care. The School participates in the National Resident Matching Program, which offers distinct advantages to applicants.
Results of these efforts have been gratifying. The PGY-1 residencies selected in the most recent residency matching (2009) are identified in the Alphabetical List of Students in the Register of Students section of this web site.
The School maintains an active interest in its graduates and is pleased to assist them in subsequent years as they seek more advanced training or staff appointments in the communities in which they settle.
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Postdoctoral Training
Those departments that offer postdoctoral fellowships individualize such educational activity up to a maximum of 36 months of academic time. Such fellowships lead integrally to certification by the appropriate specialty and/or subspecialty boards of the American Medical Association.
Fellowship And Other Funds
Alexander and Gertrude Berg Fellowship Fund. Created in 1952 through the bequest of Gertrude Berg to provide a fellowship in the Department of Molecular Microbiology.
Glover H. Copher Fellow in Surgical Research. Established in 1971 to support a postdoctoral fellow in surgery.
William H. Danforth Loan Fund for Interns and Residents in Surgery. Provides financial assistance in the form of loans for postdoctoral students in surgery.
Antonio Hernandez, Jr. Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. Established in 1987 as a memorial to Dr. Hernandez.
Leopold and Theresa Hofstatter Fellowship. Established in 2000 from the estate of Leopold and Theresa Hofstatter to be used to support fellowships in neurological research.
J. Albert Key Fellowship Fund. Provides a stipend for a fellow in orthopaedic surgery.
Louis and Dorothy Kovitz Fellowship Fund. Established in 1970 by an alumnus and his wife to provide support for research by qualified residents or students interested in surgery, at the discretion of the Head of the Department of Surgery.
Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellowships at the School of Medicine. Established in 2004 to honor and thank St. Louis-area physicians with clinical excellence to encourage teaching that excellence to residents and students.
Stephen I. Morse Fellowship. Established in 1980 by Carl and Belle Morse in memory of their son; awarded to predoctoral or postdoctoral students pursuing research careers in microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases.
William D. Owens Anesthesiology Research Fellowship. Established in 2000 in honor of William D. Owens, MD. This fund will allow an individual to do a clinical or basic research fellowship for a two-year period.
The Esther and Morton Wohlgemuth Foundation Fellowship. Established to support a fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases.
Wyeth Fellowship in Antibiotic Resistance. Established in 2005 to provide an additional year of mentored research training for Infectious Diseases Fellow to focus their research on the prevention and control of antibiotic resistance.
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Continuing Medical Education
The study of medicine is a lifelong process with continuing medical education being an integral component of the continuum. Since 1973 the School of Medicine has supported this learning endeavor through the operation of the Continuing Medical Education Program. Continuing Medical Education’s mission is to facilitate lifelong learning through providing learning opportunities for educational renewal and advancement in order to assist health care professionals to maintain and enhance professional competencies and performance to improve health care.
Pursuant to this mission the objectives of the continuing medical education program include the following:
- Enable the acquisition of new knowledge and skills through periodic courses, regularly scheduled conferences, and enduring materials for the delivery of quality patient care.
- Translate the results of research to clinical diagnosis and treatment for practicing physicians.
- Apply educational approaches in support of continuous quality improvement in health care delivery.
- Integrate clinical outcome measures for delivery of quality patient care into the educational process.
- Assist physicians' adaptation to changing health care delivery environments.
- Support faculty development as postgraduate medical educators and leaders.
- Improve health care outcomes.
Each year more than 150 symposia and more than 180 recurring academic rounds and conferences as well as videos and monographs are provided with CME credit by this office. About 8,000 registrants attend these courses annually and receive more than 120,000 hours of instruction. CME-Online provides educational programs via the Internet. Since starting in 2000, the CME online program has grown to include more than 120 hours of potential CME credit. The URL is cme.wustl.edu. The educational program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and provides credits to physicians pursuant to the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association, as well as various other types of state and specialty recertification and relicensure activities.
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Medical Alumni and Development Programs
The Department of Medical Alumni and Development Programs works with individuals and organizations to secure the human and financial resources necessary to help the School of Medicine achieve and maintain excellence in research, teaching and patient care.
Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association
The Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association was organized more than 60 years ago to foster a continuing spirit of fellowship among graduates, and to maintain and enhance the tradition of excellence of the School of Medicine. Membership is provided to graduates and former house staff of the Medical Center.
The association complements the goals and purposes of the School of Medicine through a variety of programs for its members and current students. Involvement in these activities also provides the opportunity to continue the relationships begun as students and to develop rewarding professional associations.
Student-Alumni Programs
The Office of Medical Alumni and Development Programs and the WUMC Alumni Association assist students in a variety of ways. The Association makes a substantial financial commitment each year to support 16 Distinguished Alumni Scholars. These promising medical students receive full tuition, four-year scholarships in honor of great teachers and mentors who were also alumni of the School of Medicine. The Association also provides an activity fund for both the first- and second-year classes and sponsors a reception for the graduating class, their families and faculty.
In addition, the Association provides financial support to a number of student-initiated community service activities, including a variety of health education programs in public schools and clinics.
Medical Alumni and Development coordinates an alumni resource bank that arranges more formal contacts between alumni and students. Alumni volunteers host students who wish to spend time with a practicing physician, provide information to help students choose a specialty, serve as preceptors for clerkships and electives, and provide overnight lodging to fourth-year students going on residency interviews.
Reunions and Other Events
The School of Medicine's Reunion is held in May for medical classes who return at five-year intervals, beginning with the class observing its 10th year following graduation and continuing through the class celebrating its 65th reunion. The reunion schedule includes a scientific program, social events, tours of the Medical Center and the presentation of Alumni/Faculty, Alumni Achievement and Distinguished Service awards. Award recipients are chosen on the basis of personal accomplishment, professional achievement and/or service to the School of Medicine. Members of the graduating class are special guests at the awards banquet and are officially welcomed into Association membership.
The Alumni Office sponsors special alumni activities in selected cities across the United States. Volunteers from each area assist in sponsoring these events, which help alumni to stay abreast of the educational and research activities at the School of Medicine. The Alumni Office also compiles class newsletters for selected classes, including recent graduates and those in the "Diamond+" years (all those classes who have celebrated their 60th reunion).
Alumni Support
Supporting their school generously is a tradition for a large percentage of alumni of the medical school and the health professions programs. Each year alumni and friends make gifts to the Annual Fund, which supports the School’s departments, divisions and health care professional programs, as well as scholarships and low-interest loan programs for students. Alumni also designate gifts for special purposes within the School, including specific research, education and training programs.
In 1977, School of Medicine members of the Eliot Society created the Alumni Endowed Professorship Program, through which gifts are used to establish an Alumni Endowed Chair in the School’s departments. Nine such chairs have been created thus far.
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