Aspire and achieve in MEDICAL and GRADUATE EDUCATION
Education is not just our legacy for the future — it elevates everything we do today. Our talented learners inspire us with their unbounded commitment to making the world a better place. Their questions challenge us. Their vigilance, advocacy, and connections to our communities keep us focused on optimizing every element of health care.
Training outstanding physicians and scientists is a key route toward transforming health care. As one of the top medical schools in the country, we are setting the standard for discourse, intellectual rigor, and creativity. We are challenging and improving traditional educational models, and we are developing leaders who will enrich the future. Our students become department chairs and deans, health care leaders, busy and beloved rural doctors, prize-winning scientists, successful medical entrepreneurs and industry leaders, and much more. In our most recent Medical School class, 15% are first-generation medical students and 47% are receiving scholarships. Their dreams are big and varied, and gifts to education will help drive the success of future leaders in medicine.
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medical scientist trainees
residents and fellows
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT
Aspire and achieve in MEDICAL and GRADUATE EDUCATION
Expand opportunity and impact through scholarships
Scholarship support is critical as we seek to ensure that talented and dedicated students aren’t kept from making their important contributions to medicine and society based on economic disadvantage. Scholarships are essential for many students to become doctors or to pursue careers caring for under-resources populations, without being hindered by enormous debt.
Propel careers in science and medicine through fellowships
Support for fellowships is a targeted investment that benefits future leaders. Fellowships fund personalized, advanced training programs for highly motivated physicians and postdoctoral research scientists. The mentorship and professional development they provide become launching pads for successful subspecialty clinical practices and creative, independent research programs. Fellowships ensure that a pipeline of top talent remains focused on the next big breakthroughs.
WHY I GIVE
The Medical School turned me into a great physician, and I hope it continues for many years to come.
Innovate in medical education
Do current educational guidelines result in the best physicians and scientists? Our goal is to lead the country in evidence-based education. We are challenging historical assumptions about physician education and training that were developed in a dramatically different health care context. We are exploring and testing new ways of teaching and learning across the spectrum of medical and graduate education programs. You can help us leverage data, analytics, and technology to improve curriculum, personalize instruction, and refine assessment — to ensure every graduate achieves their greatest potential and optimal impact.
Ensure student well-being
Our students, residents, and fellows are under a unique set of pressures, and support for programs that ensure their well-being — including our affinity groups, hardship fund, and facilitated access to mental health services — will put them in the best position to succeed now and for a lifetime. Supporting our learners to flourish amidst challenging circumstances, and to develop habits of self-care for the future, helps to optimize their contributions to patients and the profession.
