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Past LAN Meetings
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john.friede@villanova.edu Boston LAN
- Past Meetings
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January 12, 2007 MIT About 30 advisors and med school admissions deans
and directors joined to discuss our topic Cultural Competence: Understanding
Outward and Reflecting Inward. Deborah Washington, Director of
Diversity for Patient Care Service at
Mass General
Hospital led us in
discussion and thought-provoking exercises. Some
photos are attached. -
January 13, 2006 at Tufts University. Ellen Julian, Associate VP and
Director of the Medical College Admission Test, AAMC, joined us for our eleventh
annual Boston LAN meeting. There are significant changes in
the wind for the MCAT and Ellen discussed them and answered our
questions. Among the topics Ellen presented were the upcoming
computer-based MCAT and the recent validity study published in Academic
Medicine.
- June 22, 2005 at MGH
Institure of Health Professions. The meeting covered the graduate
programs in Nursing, Physical Therapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders,
Clinical Investigation and Medical Imaging. A tour of the USS
Constitution was available for those who were interested.
- January 14, 2005
at University of Massachusetts
Medical School. The meeting focused on Professionalism in Medicine.
Our keynote speaker was Dr. Aaron Lazare, Chancellor of the
UMASS
Medical School and author of the recent book, Apology. He discussed
the issue of professionalism from a number of perspectives, and in the context
of his book. The responders were Drs. Keith Bradley,
Health professions advisor
at Fairfield University, John Paraskos Associate Dean for Admissions
at
UMASS Medical School, and Amy Kuhlik Dean for Student Affairs
at
Tufts University School of Medicine.
- January 9, 2004 at Tufts University Main Campus The focus of the meeting
was on working with students with mental health problems and related disabilities.
There was a panel presentation provided by Dr. Sherry Richman from the Tufts
Counseling Center, Marisel Perez, the Associate Dean for Student Affairs
at Tufts, and Dr. Mai-Lan Rogoff, Dean for Student Affairs at UMass Medical
School that covered issues for both undergraduate and medical school students.
Carol Crafts from Providence College and Terri Orr, Director of Admissions
and Financial Aid at Harvard Medical School, responded to the panel and set
the stage for questions and answers.
- May 23, 2003 at Massachusetts General Hospital
Institute of Health Professions. Advisors were hosted by Dr. Michael Bonanno,
the Manager of
Graduate Admissions and Marketing, who provided information on the Institute’s
entry level master's programs in nursing, physical therapy, clinical investigation
and communications science. There was a tour and the opportunity to speak
with students and staff.
New York City LAN
- Past Meetings
- October 19, 2001 at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
The Minority Affairs Advisory Board of the Associated Medical Schools of
New York and the New York State Department of Health Council on Graduate
Medical Education teamed up with the New York LAN to hold a conference entitled
Insiders’ Tips: Navigating the Medical School Admission Process, with
a focus on minority students. Topics covered included the status of minority
medical education in New York State, affirmative action, trends in minority
student application to medical school, and an update on AMCAS by Director
Nancy Tillinghast. A simulated admission exercise was led by Dr. David Trabilsy
from Johns Hopkins Post-bac and Premedical Program
- April 19, 2001 at Cornell Medical School hosted by Lilliana
Montano, Assistant Dean of Admissions and coordinated by Tracy Holleran.
Topics discussed included advising of rejected students, interviewing skills,
and the MD/PhD program at Cornell
- Past Meetings
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January 9, 2007 at Drexel University College of Medicine. About 40
advisors from 30 institutions attended the meeting and were joined by 18
representatives of six medical schools. The morning session was a
case-based look at mental health and substance abuse issues. Following
lunch, the medical school representatives responded to various questions
from the audience.
- January 6, 2006 at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine. Over 40 advisors from 32
different undergraduate institutions attended the meeting along with 12
administrators from eight area medical schools. The professional
schools that represented include: Drexel , Jefferson, PCOM, Penn State, Robert Wood Johnson, Temple,
University of Pennsylvania, and UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine. A panel of medical school
admissions officers discussed plans
for increasing enrollment and the challenges posed by such expansion. In the afternoon session,
Ellen Julian from the AAMC shared information on plans for the 2007
computerized MCAT and answered questions about the new format. Optional tours of PCOM were available after the program.
- January 7, 2005 at
UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, NJ. The topic was "Changes
in Medical Education."
- January 8, 2004 at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
in Hershey . The topic was on cultivating professionalism in our students.
Information was shared on the role of the Humanities at Hershey and on an
innovative Patient Project, in which medical students are paired with patients
in the community to get an in-depth view of how people cope with illness.
There was also a panel discussion by Drs. George Blackall from Hershey, Clara
Callahan from Jefferson, Jean Kan from Johns Hopkins, and Ralph Sorenson
from Gettysburg College, followed by a tour of the medical center complex.
- January 4, 2002 at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
A joint meeting of NEAAHP advisors and NEGSA colleagues from the Philadelphia
area, hosted by Drs. David Seiden and Carol Terrigino. The focus was on diversity
issues. Following a keynote presentation by Dr. Kountz on health care disparities
there was a panel of 9 medical school administrators who discussed how their
institutions are preparing students for a multicultural environment, as well
as roundtable discussion between advisors (37 in attendance) and deans on
how to promote multiculturalism at undergraduate institutions.
- Past Meetings
April 19, 2001 at Cornell Medical School hosted by Lilliana
Montano, Assistant Dean of Admissions and coordinated by Tracy Holleran. Topics
discussed included advising of rejected students, interviewing skills, and
the MD/PhD program at Cornell
October 19, 2001 at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine. The Minority Affairs Advisory Board of the Associated Medical
Schools of New York and the New York State Department of Health Council on
Graduate Medical Education teamed up with the New York LAN to hold a conference
entitled Insiders’ Tips: Navigating the Medical School Admission Process,
with a focus on minority students. Topics covered included the status of minority
medical education in New York State, affirmative action, trends in minority
student application to medical school, and an update on AMCAS by Director
Nancy Tillinghast. A simulated admission exercise was led by Dr. David Trabilsy
from Johns Hopkins Post-bac and Premedical Program
Last updated: March 27, 2007
john.friede@villanova.edu
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