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Student Life
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Student activities at the School of Medicine include a broad,
diverse range of clubs, courses, and activities both relating to the
curriculum and extracurricular in nature. For more information about
SOM activities, see the SOM Student Clubs & Activities website. In
addition, School of Medicine students have access to all
University facilities, clubs, and creative or athletic activities
and events. Major types of activities include:
- Student Government for medical students is centered around
the Mulholland Society. This organization includes all medical
students and which promotes the interests and concerns of the student
body. The Mulholland Society also educates and informs students of
national and regional events in the medical field and serves as an
outlet for the academic, social, and athletic interests of medical
students. Members of the Mulholland
Society are elected to represent the School of Medicine on
University-wide committees such as the Honor and Judiciary Committees
and the Student Council.
- Clinical Skills Development Opportunities, these workshops,
gatherings, and other opportunities range from surgery observations to
suture clinics; obstetrics to wilderness medicine courses; a multitude
of shadowing opportunties across the UVA Medical Center to medical
interest groups.
- Athletics & Outdoor Activities include a broad range of
charity, single, seasonal, and team-based opportunities. These include
the Medical Football League (MFL), soccer, triatholons, the SOM
Wilderness Club and other activities such as those shown above in the
student life slideshow of images. Graduate students at the University
of Virginia are welcomed into intramural and other recreational sports
(IM-REC Sports) activities
of the wider university as well.
- Creative Arts/Activities also cover a broad range of
activities for medical students as well as all UVA students and the
wider Charlottesville community. Medical students form groups such as
the musical a capella Arrythmics; perform acting, dancing, and musical
acts for the annual talent shows; have creative works published in the
student-run Veritas creative
magazine and are also welcome to participate in the wider creative
activities of the University of Virginia (UVA-Arts).
- Volunteerism and Service Activities include charity events,
fund drives, and other contributions to local, state, national, and
international groups. Many medical students volunteer at the
Charlottesville Free Clinic, at the Remote Area Medical (RAM)
Clinic held annually in southwest Virginia, or participate in
Service, Humanity, Action, Responsibility, Education (SHARE), which
initiates projects involving AIDS and drug abuse education as well as
other service-oriented activities.
- Summer Research, Clinical Research, and Elective/Selectives
for medical students provide many avenues to doing applied research
both locally and at destinations nationally and abroad. These
opportunities occur both during the academic semesters (international
clinical rotations occur throughout the year) and summer or other
holidays. Links for further information include:
MSSRP, the Center for
Global Health, and
Summer Opportunties (SOM Student Handbook).
- National Organizations with active student participation by
UVA SOM students include the Student American Medical
Association, the Student National Medical Association, and
the American Medical Women's Association.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA INFORMATION &
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The UVA Graduate Guide provides extensive resources!
History & Overview: The City of Charlottesville is
located in Central Virginia, approximately 100 miles southwest of
Washington, D.C. and 70 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia. Situated
within the upper Piedmont Plateau, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains and at the headwaters of the Rivanna River, Charlottesville
was established as a town in 1762 by the Virginia General Assembly, and
was incorporated as an independent city in 1888. As the seat of both
the City and County governments, Charlottesville serves as the
economic, cultural, and educational center of a multicounty region in
Central Virginia. It includes many of the advantages of a much larger
community, including theater, dance, and musical performance, art
exhibits, and opportunities for swimming, tennis, skiing, hiking,
canoeing, and a number of other sports. Nearby attractions include
Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello, and Ash Lawn--the home of James
Monroe.
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