First-year PLME students are settling into their first semester on campus and recently attended the first in a series of PLME Whole Patient Program events of the year. This particular event featured Dr. Patrick McGann, a pediatric hematologist, whose team discussed the doctor-patient relationship and its impact on health outcomes. Second-year students will soon meet with their PLME advising deans to plan their remaining years of undergraduate study as part of their PLME Educational Plan. At that time, those students will begin to formulate their goals for their academic pursuits and will choose their concentrations. 

On October 18, awardees of the 2023 PLME Summer Research Assistantships (SRA) presented their findings during the annual SRA poster presentation. Students who were awarded one of these competitive SRAs dedicated 40 hours per week for 10 weeks from June to August to studying one of the following areas: emerging infectious diseases, social/behavioral sciences, clinical medicine, biomedical sciences, or emergency medicine. The SRA poster session also acted as an informational session for other PLME students interested in the summer research program for 2024.