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Weekly Information for UW Medical Students
Thursday, September 2, 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:
 

UW Medicine Town Hall Meeting

Please join us for the next UW Medicine Town Hall on Friday, September 3, at 3 PM PDT.
 

Information for All Students
 
Vaccines and Clinical Training 

The University of Washington requires all faculty, staff and students to be vaccinated and attest to their vaccination status. You can find the attestation form HERE. 

An increasing number of clinical training sites throughout WWAMI are also requiring verification that students are fully vaccinated (two weeks or more since last vaccine dose) before students can begin seeing patients – either for clinical rotations or for the Primary Care Practicum (PCP)/College mornings. If you are not vaccinated, you may not be able to participate in your clerkship or PCP/College mornings depending on the requirements of the clinical training site. If you are not vaccinated and are concerned about your clinical training opportunities, please contact Dr. Tolbert (adminsa@uw.edu). We strongly encourage you to get vaccinated. 

Please note: due to increasing Delta variant cases, changes may be happening in hospitals and clinics, such as cancellation of all elective procedures. If you have any concerns about changes happening during your rotations, please reach out to your clerkship director.

For more information about COVID protocols during clinical training, view the UW School of Medicine Plan for Medical Student Clinical Activities during COVID-19 Pandemic. 
 
UWSOM Accreditation Status    

In response to student requests for more information about UWSOM’s accreditation status, we developed a new accreditation website. Throughout 2021, the accreditation website will be updated on a monthly basis to provide an executive summary of each of the twelve accreditation standards and UWSOM’s compliance with those standards. Standard 8 on Curricular Management, Evaluation, and Enhancement is now available.     
 
Financial Aid Update 

Things to do: 
  • New Borrowers (primarily MS1s) ensure that you have completed your federal entrance counseling. 
  • Accept your aid for 21-22 if you haven’t already. If your aid was cancelled, email somfao@uw.edu and we can reinstate it. 
  • In MyUW update your current address and set up direct deposit under “Financial Aid Status”. 

Website Updates: 
  • Timeline: Updated general 2021-22 timeline and new MS1-MS4 timelines include dates for aid disbursement. 
  • Cost of Attendance: Updated for 2021-22 by Foundations site. 
 
Academic Support Group Tutoring Starts 9/7! 

There is great benefit in group learning and finding support from your fellow classmates! Group tutoring is now offered several days a week and led by senior students. We hope you take advantage of this opportunity and perhaps even find a new study partner as well.  


Fall Quarter Schedule: 
All sessions are 1 hour and start at 7:30 PM MT/6:30 PM PT/5:30 PM AK 
  • Tuesdays: MCBD & MBB 
  • Wednesdays: Step 1  
  • Thursdays: MCBD & MBB 
 
 

In case you missed it
 
Here is a link to last week’s Student Newsletter. That issue included the following information for all students: 
  • Masking on the UW Seattle Campus 
  • Continued Challenges Locally, Nationally, and Globally: A Message from Dr. Anne Browning, Assistant Dean for Well-Being, UW School of Medicine 
  • Learning Environment Corner 

Updates for each class:
 
 
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