Student Clinician’s Ceremony
Holly Humphrey, M.D., AAMC Humanism Award
Winner Christopher Straus, M.D. and Lavanya
Kondapalli, MS IV
On Thursday, June 23rd, the incoming third year students celebrated the end of their Introduction to the Clinical Biennium with the Student Clinician’s Ceremony. Created by the Gold Foundation, the event is designed to provide guidance, information and support to medical students beginning their clerkships. By providing insight, discussing fears and expectations, and revisiting the oath taken during the White Coat Ceremony, the SCC provides a forum for collective and reflective discussion of the students' experiences in medicine to date. The ceremony also underscores the challenges and imperatives to providing humanistic care to patients at the same time as they are pressed to demonstrate high standards of skill performance. During the SCC, students at the end of their third year choose up to six residents who have exhibited particularly strong teaching skills and are role models for compassionate, relationship-centered care for the Gold Foundation's Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. This year's awards were given to:
Sarah Adams, MD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Introduced by Lavanya Kondapalli
Michael Gavino, MD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Introduced by Kristina Lundberg
Edward Gong, MD
Department of Surgery-Urology
Introduced by Bhawna Arya
Elizabeth Kieff, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Introduced by Cynthia Galvan
James Park, MD
Department of Surgery
Introduced by Sandeep Bhatia
Megan Tarr, MD
Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology
Introduced by Philip Garfin
In addition to the awards given to these residents, incoming third year students present the Lawrence D.H. Wood Preclerkship Teaching Award to two professors from each of the preclinical years whose excellence in teaching, as well as their selflessness and tirelessness in supporting students, is honored.
This year's recipients were Scott Stern, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Darrel Waggoner, MD, Associate Professor of Human Genetics.
Finally, the AAMC Humanism Award was presented to Christopher Straus, MD, from the Department of Radiology in recognition of his qualities of caring and his compassionate mentorship in the teaching and advising of medical students.
