General Programs
Year I Orientation
Orientation for
the incoming Year I class is a week of activities and programs that
introduce the entering students to the policies, curricular requirements,
services, student organizations, extra-curricular programs, administration,
faculty, staff and students of the medical school.
Family Day
Family Day is the culminating activity of the Year
I Orientation program. The families of the entering class tour the
School; participate in the school’s Welcoming Ceremony and meet members
of the administration, faculty and staff.
Honors Convocation
The Honors Convocation
acknowledges those students and faculty who have excelled in their
academic studies, teaching and/or research.
Faculty Advisothon
All third year students will meet with a faculty advisor to review their Year IV schedules during an event called the Advisothon in February or March of each year. Our office will send out notices with the exact times and dates for this event.
Medical Specialty Lunches
Faculty members from all major departments have informational lunches with students from January-May of each year. These sessions explore all aspects of that particular specialty and allow students to establish or strengthen their relationships with faculty. We will notify students of the dates for these sessions.
Faculty-Medical Student Mentoring Program
Select physicians act as mentors for students throughout their four years of medical school. These mentors meet 3-4 times/year with their mentees and are available for one on one meetings. If you would like a mentor, please contact Dr. Black at KBlack@med.wayne.edu.
Ethnic Week
Activities and
programs celebrate the ethnic and cultural diversity of our students,
faculty and staff.
Violence Awareness Week
Special presentation
and displays focus on the effect of interpersonal violence on the
well being of individuals and society in general.
Women’s Health Week
The gender specific
health needs of women and girls are the focus of lectures and special
programs.
Primary Care Week
Programs scheduled
for this week promote the career opportunities and patient care needs
in the medical specialties of Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Internal
Medicine.
Match Day
Match Day is an honored tradition at U.S. medical
schools. It is the day when graduating seniors learn the outcomes
of the National Residency Matching Program ranking notifying them
of where they will be doing their post-graduate training.
Senior/Faculty Dinner Dance
The faculty and
medical alumni host a reception, dinner and dance honoring the senior
class and welcoming the class into the school’s alumni association.
All Michigan Residency Recruitment Day
Residency programs
from across the State of Michigan visit the medical campus and present
to Year II and Year III students information regarding post-graduate
training and career opportunities available throughout the state.
Commencement
The annual ceremony at which the M.D. degree is conferred
upon those students who have met all academic requirements of the
degree. Special honors and awards are presented at Commencement.
The 2009 School of Medicine Commencement ceremony will be held at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday,
June 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Student Affairs at 313-577-1463.
If you are a faculty member and wish to participate please contact Allison Gherardini - agherard@med.wayne.edu.
Faculty and Administration, click here to place your order for academic regalia, or follow the link below.
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