COVID-19 PCR Testing - Read and Sign Up!
What is the prevalence of COVID-19 in Aron Hall right now? What is the prevalence of COVID-19 in our medical school right now? Are you possibly an asymptomatic carrier?
With your help, we are about to find out!
For ANY and ALL:
- Graduate and medical students living in Aron Hall, or
- Medical students learning or rotating in our clinical or educational spaces
We are going to conduct a baseline PCR test for SARS-COV-2 within the next 14 days. Please note that this is REQUIRED by the school.
Testing will take place in the ambulatory tent behind Annenberg (enter through the black gate on Fifth Avenue between E 100-101 St) and will be available by appointment only.
Please click HERE to self-schedule your appointment.
Please note you can sign up until 4pm two days before the day of testing (so appointments for Thurs, July 23 will close on Tues, July 21 at 4pm).
The following are the ONLY exemptions for testing:
- If you are not participating in any campus or hospital activities AND do not live in Aron Hall;
- If you are not in New York at this time;
- If you received a PCR test after July 15;
- If you have a documented positive COVID-19 antibody test done at Mount Sinai;
- If you have a documented positive COVID-19 PCR test done anywhere
If one of these exemptions applies to you, you must complete the PCR test exemption form.
Please direct any questions regarding the sign-up or exemption process to darinka.gadikota@mssm.edu.
Thank you for your participation in this important public health measure. Your individual test results will be available via MyChart and we will be happy to share the overall point-prevalence data with everyone.
Class of 2021
Office of Student Affairs - Career Planning Services Update
Join Dr. Monica Dweck, Director for Career Planning Services in the Office of Student Affairs for an evening of residency planning sessions on Tuesday, July 29 at 5pm at https://mssm.zoom.us/j/92613889735.
Topics discussed: Year 4 Residency Planning in Depth and Exploring Preliminary and Transitional Years.
To help guide additional sessions with alumni and Dr. Dweck, please take a few minutes to complete the Specialty Choice Survey here.
Alumni Connect Information Sessions have been uploaded here. Class of 2021> Year 4> Information & Recordings> Alumni Connect Information Sessions
- Anesthesiology session with Dr. Chang Park
- Pediatrics session with Dr. Victoria Dahms
- Internal Medicine sessions with Dr. Lori Katinas and Dr. Pilar Stevens-Cohen
NBME Self-Assessment Update
Students have expressed a desire to receive explanations of correct and incorrect answers on NBME Self-Assessments. So far, answer explanations have been added to Medicine forms 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Clinical Science Mastery Series. Now, answer explanations are also available on Surgery forms 3 and 4 of the same series. Learn more here.
Class of 2022
NBME Self-Assessment Update
Students have expressed a desire to receive explanations of correct and incorrect answers on NBME Self-Assessments. So far, answer explanations have been added to Medicine forms 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Clinical Science Mastery Series. Now, answer explanations are also available on Surgery forms 3 and 4 of the same series. Learn more here.
Class of 2023
USMLE Step 1 Update
Yesterday, the USMLE announced their plan for Step 1 score reporting after the change to pass/fail scoring in 2022. Key points:
- If you take Step 1 prior to the change to P/F, your score will be reported as a three digit score, no matter when you graduate.
- If you take Step 1 after the change to P/F, your score will be reported as P/F.
This means that P/F scores will be mixed with three digit scores in residency applications over the next few cycles. We do not know yet how this will be perceived by residency program directors, but the Office of Student Affairs will be proactively monitoring the situation and will provide guidance as appropriate.
Step 1 will change to pass/fail scoring no earlier than January 1, 2022. An exact date is still not known. If you have specific questions about when to take Step 1 and/or how to prepare, feel free to consult your Faculty Advisor or Lauren Linkowski in the Office of Student Affairs.
If you have a specific question about your specialty interest and/or development toward your career, feel free to consult your Faculty Advisor or Dr. Monica Dweck in the Office of Student Affairs.