MSTP
The Basics
- MSTP office & lounge
- Time frame
- Time limit?
- Graduation
- Policies: vacation, sick days
- Advising
- Evaluation
- Interviewing students
- Conferences
- Links
Summers
During the year
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Policies
- Medical school student guidebook
Pre-clinical
- Orientation
- Registration
- Curriculum
- Books; recommendations?
- Tools for ICM
- Where to study
- Carmel conference
Clinical
Boards
- USMLE: step I
- USMLE: step II
GRADUATE SCHOOL
The Basics
The
PhD years
- Choosing a lab/advisor
- Advice on getting through the PhD
- Graduate school credit for selected medical school
courses
- Advancement to candidacy
Other
- Teaching
- Research responsibility (ethics) requirements: BRI
MONEY
Stipend
- Direct deposit; forms, online statements
- Stipend level
- Tax information
- Unionization?
Tuition
Research-related
- Applying for external grants; what are we eligible for?
- Where does the money come from during med/grad years – prof or elsewhere?
- Travel money, expense forms?
Health
POST-MSTP
- Post-MSTP options
- Looking at residencies as an MSTP applicant
- CV and publication file?
- Career Advice/list of MD/PhDs at UW?
LIFE
Moving to Seattle
- Finding housing
- Buying a house
- Buying a car
- Transportation
- Parking
- Seattle
- Recommendations for dentists, doctors, optometrists
- Recommendations for Seattle life
Personal
Extracurricular activities
- IMA
- Intramural sports
- Resources & facilities
- Student societies
last
updated February 17, 2006