UAB Heersink School of Medicine News

UAB Heersink School of Medicine News

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Michael Mugavero, M.D., MHSc, has been appointed a co-director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

Four faculty members joined the Learning Communities program earlier this year as new mentors. In Part 2 of a Q&A with the new mentors, read what motivated Jessica Fazendin, M.D., and Desiree Morgan M.D., to join the program and why they feel the LCs are important to medical school.
Six faculty members were selected as the 2021-2022 Clinical Skills Scholars, a group of clinical faculty selected for their excellence in teaching and clinical skills, who will teach and continuously develop the clinical skills of medical students
The Orientation Leaders (OLs) have been selected!  They will be working hard to make sure your orientation is fun, informative, and welcoming. 

As the spring semester comes to a close, many of you may be considering how to best spend your time this summer. To provide some insight, our student co-contributors asked their fellow classmates to reflect back on how they spent, or how they wish they had spent, their summer before medical school.

As their first year of medical school comes to a close, our co-coordinators reached out to MS1s Anna, Brett, and Emma to chat about what this year has meant to them, what they’ve enjoyed the most, and how it has lived up to— or differed from—their expectations.

The Orientation Leaders have been selected!  They will be working hard to make sure your orientation is fun, informative, and welcoming. We will introduce the entire group through the next few Vital Signs so you can get to know them before Orientation in July.

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