Year-Out FellowsThe Year-Out Medical Student Fellowship in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is a long-standing Rochester tradition, having been established by George H. Whipple, M.D. with the first medical school class. Each year, several students choose to interrupt their normal medical curriculum for one year in order to take advantage of the educational opportunities available through this fellowship program. The program allows students to:
The University of Rochester Year-Out Fellowship is not specifically designed to prepare students for careers in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Indeed, a large number of student fellows have subsequently decided to pursue careers in other areas of academic or clinical medicine, going on to distinguished careers in internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and psychiatry. On the other hand, a significant number of students found experiences during their fellowship stimulating and helpful in allowing them to ultimately select pathology as a future career. Many have subsequently achieved academic distinction in our discipline. The success of this program at the University of Rochester has led to the adoption of similar types of year-out experiences at other medical schools. Most medical students choose to participate in the year-out fellowship between the second and third year of medical school. Some have done so between their third and fourth year. In either case, transition to either the third or fourth year has been smooth for all students. Students who have completed the program tell us that their knowledge of basic and clinical sciences was greatly enhanced by this intense learning experience, and that this has had a very positive effect on their subsequent performance as students and residents, and on their careers in medicine. ApplicationsApplications are accepted in March and April for the next academic year. As the number of student fellows accepted into the program depends upon available funding, students should check with the Student Services Center in order to determine their eligibility for work/study aid prior to beginning the application process. Individuals interested in obtaining additional information regarding the year-out student fellowship in Pathology should contact Betsy McDonald at x34580 or via email at Betsy_McDonald@urmc.rochester.edu.
Year-Out Student Fellows for the 2008-09 Academic YearAmanda Bringard, Glenn Buchberger, Kristopher Denby, Elizabeth Tran SMD Graduating Class of May 2008 Nicole Burr: University of Rochester Pathology Residency Program Abby Kroening Hobson: University of Rochester Pediatrics Residency Program Anne Fender: Preliminary year in Medicine at Providence Portland Medical Center, Oregon; dermatology at University of North Carolina Alan Sherburne: Boston University Surgery Residency Program Former Year-Out Student FellowsSMD Graduating Class
of May 2007 M. Kristina Subik: University of Rochester Medical Center Pathology Residency Program SMD Graduating Class
of May 2006 Toby Ebede: Medicine Preliminary at St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital NYC; Dermatology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, NYC Derek Masden: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC Surgery Residency Program Kim Murray: UMDNJ -New Jersey Medical Center, Newark, NJ Otolaryngology Residency Pgm SMD Graduating Class
of May 2005
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