When your child or significant other embarks upon his or her journey into medical school, he or she will face a very different lifestyle compared with undergraduate school. The Penn Medicine Parents and Partners program keeps students’ families involved in the lives of their loved ones throughout their medical school careers.
From day one, parents and partners are invited to the Perelman School of Medicine to witness a day in the life of their medical student.
While their students attend orientation, the Office of Alumni Development
and Alumni Relations orients students’ loved ones with other
parents and partners of medical students, the Penn campus,
the medical school curriculum, and the various programs offered
by the School. This day coincides with the White Coat Ceremony
where students recite the Hippocratic oath and are symbolically
sworn into the medical profession.
As your medical student progresses through his or her years at Penn, the Office of Alumni Development and Alumni Relations will keep you informed of the activities at the Perelman School of Medicine with the Pulse e-Newsletter, through this Web site, and with invitations to Penn programs, receptions and dinners both in Philadelphia and in cities elsewhere in the U.S.
Parents and Partners 2011, Friday, August 12th
8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Lobby, Biomedical Research Building
421 Curie Boulevard
9:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President,
University of Pennsylvania for the Health System
Dean, Perelman School of Medicine
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building
9:10 a.m.
Preparing Today’s Students to Be the Physicians of Tomorrow
Gail Morrison, M'71, Senior Vice Dean for Education, Perelman School of Medicine
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building
10:00 a.m.
Life as a Medical Student
Visiting parents and partners will have an opportunity to participate in each of the following sessions. Each session will run concurrently, with time between to rotate.
Simulation Demonstration
Can task trainers and computerized mannequins replace real patient contact?
Gregg Lipschik, MD, Director, Life Support Training & Special Programs, Penn Medicine Clinical Simulation Center
Director, Interprofessional Fellowship in Patient Safety, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center
Class of 1962 Auditorium, John Morgan Building, 3620 Hamilton Walk
What Is a “Standardized Patient”?
Learn about the human side of simulation training.
Denise LaMarra, MS, Director, Standardized Patient Program
Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Building
The New Paradigm for Learning: Team Training
Penn has been a national leader in developing a team-based approach to medical education.
Learn why and how.
- Gail Morrison, MD, M‘71, Senior Vice Dean for Education
- Stanley Goldfarb, MD, FACP, Associate Dean for Curriculum
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building
12:15 p.m.
From a Caterpillar to a Butterfly: The Transformation of Medical Students Year by Year
Gail Morrison, M.D., M'71, Senior Vice Dean for Education
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building
12:30 p.m.
My Child, the Doctor: Will I Survive It?
This interactive panel will allow parents and partners to hear from current medical students and their families about what
the next four years (or more!) will have in store.
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building
1:15 p.m.
Lunch with your medical student
Lobby, Biomedical Research Building
1:30 p.m.
(Optional) Student-Led Tours of Campus
Lobby, Biomedical Research Building
3:00 p.m.
White Coat Ceremony & Reception
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street
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