Student Meal Service Update
We have come to the end of our student meal service for students who live on or close to campus. We are working with the Student Council and the COVID Student Workforce team to continue offering meals to students who may need ongoing support during these uncertain times. Students can connect with Student Council, or members of the Morale Team (Ella Cohen or Annie Arrighi-Allison) for more information.
Class of 2021
Infection Prevention and Compliance
The Department of Medical Education is working on Infection Prevention measures that you will learn about prior to the start of Block 0. The department is working with departments and sites to determine the best approach for students to learn about best practices and resources while on the clinical wards. In addition, we are partnering with students who have been diligently working on a resource guide that many of you have participated in. Stay tuned!
Compliance requirements are critical to everyone's safety. You will be hearing from the compliance team about the ways in which you can complete these requirements before you start your clerkships.
Access to Texas Seeking Transparency in Application for Residency (STAR database)
The University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) continues to query graduating students post-Match to inform the residency trends: average scores for interviews/offers by specialty, by area.
All of you will receive the Microsoft invitation email for Texas STAR 2020 and should follow these steps to set up access.
- You will need it to set up initial access
- The invitation expires in 30 days if no action is taken
- Once activated, you have access till next April
- Your email address is your user account for Texas STAR 2020
- For people with xxx@mssm.edu address, password/security is linked to MSSM – do NOT signup/register with Microsoft
For people with xxx@icahn.mssm.edu address, they do need to register with Microsoft (no need to do it again if already done so previously), below registration instruction:
Go to https://account.microsoft.com/
- Click “Sign in” on upper right corner
- Follow the “Create One!” to register your email account and create a password for it
- It might take 1-2 minutes, and your phone for verification etc.
- Then follow the “open the report” in the invitation email and check it out with the newly registered Microsoft account;
Attached FILE is for any other issue/question they might run into.
Class of 2022
Town Hall Recording and Presentation
Nearly 70 people attended last night’s conversation. You can access the recording here. The Curriculum Affairs team updated the class on three areas: plan for IF5, Lottery dates, and Compliance requirements. Please see the attached presentation VIDEO and PDF
Compliance Update
Compliance requirements are critical to everyone's safety. You will be hearing from the compliance team about the ways in which you can complete these requirements before you start your clerkships.
Important Upcoming Dates
- Year 3 Lottery Results Release: 05/29/20
- One to one switches: 05/30/20-06/08/20 (9am)
- Sites released one week prior to clerkship start dates: 06/29/20
- InFocus 5: 06/29/20-07/02/20
- Module 1 Starts: 07/06/20
Class of 2023
Social Distancing Update
We’re working with course directors to determine the best social distancing methods for the start of year 2. We’ll be releasing more information as we know more about what the fall semester will look like and what you can expect.