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Weekly Information for UW Medical Students
Thursday, May 13, 2021
 

COVID-Related Information
 

Do You Have Concerns About COVID-19 Symptoms or a Possible Exposure? 

If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or if you have encountered a possible or known exposure, please follow these COVID-19 Exposure/Symptoms/Diagnosis procedures if you are on a clinical rotation: https://education.uwmedicine.org/covid-19-exposure-clinical/. If you are on a Foundations students, follow these procedures: or https://education.uwmedicine.org/covid-19-exposure-foundations/. If you have questions that are not addressed by the procedures outlined through these links please contact Dr. Maestas or Dr. Tolbert at adminsa@uw.edu. 
 
Vaccine Requirement 

As we mentioned in this newsletter last week, the University of Washington is requiring that all students attending classes on campus this fall be vaccinated. UW medical students in Seattle need to either follow University policy, or submit an exemption request for religious, philosophical or medical reasons. Please be aware that we anticipate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will, in the coming months, make it mandatory that all students be vaccinated, and at that time the only exemption allowable will be for medical reasons. Here is a link to the HSIP page for more information.
 

UW Medicine Town Hall Meeting

Please join us for the next UW Medicine Town Hall, Friday, May 28, at 3 p.m. PDT. Zoom link: https://uw-phi.zoom.us/j/887116941.

 

Information for All Students
Coming Soon: New Student Affairs Appointment Scheduling System  

Beginning next week, you will be able to self-schedule appointments in June with Student Affairs, Academic Support/Learning Specialists, Financial Aid, Learning Environment, and Proactive Advising staff using a new online booking system. The system will go live next week, so look for the scheduling link in next week’s newsletter. In the meantime, you can continue booking appointments via their respective traditional methods (e.g. ScheduleOnce, email, etc). 

Career Advising appointments will continue to be available via their online career services platform: https://uwsom-careeradv.12twenty.com/. 

Tutoring appointments will continue to be scheduled online here: https://uwsomtutoring.as.me/schedule.php. 
UW Bioethics and Humanities Grand Rounds and Indigenous Speaker Series presents: "COVID-19 Impact on Indigenous Communities 

In recognition of the devastating impact of Covid-19 on Native American communities, the Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington and the Indigenous Speaker Series at Northwest Indian College invite you to a virtual webinar about Indigenous communities’ experiences, concerns, and hopes related to Covid-19.  

Monday, May 17, 2021, 12-1 p.m. PDT 
Speakers: Dakotah Lane, MD and Esther Lucero, MPP (Diné) 
Moderator: Denise Dudzinski, PhD, MTS, HEC-C 
Learning Environment Corner 

Are you familiar with UW Medicine’s Transgender and Gender Non-Binary (TGNB) Healthcare program? 

Historically, individual primary and specialty care providers within UW Medicine have provided care to gender diverse patients, but their efforts were not coordinated nor designed to be sustained on a programmatic basis. Additionally, gender diverse individuals report that it is difficult to identify if a particular facility is welcoming and educated to their specific health needs. 

The TGNB Healthcare program was created to integrate and optimize care across the UW Medicine network and to systematically address healthcare disparities for the TGNB community. The program’s mission is to be a national model for healthcare equity and work to reduce health disparities. Its vision is to provide patient-centered and gender-affirming care to UW Medicine patients. 

Click here to learn more about the program. 

In case you missed it
Here is a link to last week’s student newsletter (5-6-21). That issue included the following for all students: 

  • UW Vaccine Requirements for Fall 2021 
  • News related to the Health Sciences Library Collections 
  • Career Advising Presents two MS4 Match Panels 
  • Academic Support Update 
  • AAMC’s Year-Two Questionnaire 
  • Learning Environment Corner 

Updates for each class:
 
 
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