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Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, professor in Pathology and Medical Education, has been named the assistant dean for International Medical Education and the assistant provost for International Education in the Office of the Senior Vice Provost effective May 1, 2018.
More than 80 prospective medical students have applied to a new medical education track that focuses on preparing students to become primary care physicians: the Primary Care Track at the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus.
The School of Medicine will celebrate Match Day 2018 on Friday, March 16, at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, when members of the graduating class learn in which medical specialties they have “matched” and where they will carry out their residency trainings.
Under the Office of Service Learning, the Health Equity Scholars Program will give students skills needed to aid medically underserved communities.
173 students graduated in the Class of 2016 during the annual Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 15 at Bartow Arena.
Through lectures, hands-on cooking classes, and follow-up discussions, the class will teach Tuscaloosa medical students and residents, as well as CHES nutrition students, how to better educate patients about their diets.
Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D., MBA has been appointed to the newly created positions of director of International Medical Education in the School of Medicine and director of International Education in the Office of the Senior Vice Provost.
After 12 years as regional dean of the Huntsville Regional Medical Campus and a long career as a professor of Medicine, Robert M. Centor, M.D., will retire from the UAB School of Medicine in summer 2016.
Leaders in the UAB School of Medicine recognize this and have formally established learning communities, small groups led by faculty mentors that serve as a home base for students throughout their medical school career.
Research and Innovation in Medical Education (RIME) Week, planned for Sept. 16-18, is a three-day event that promotes teaching skills, fosters curriculum innovation and showcases scholarship and research findings in medical education.
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