Announcements
Annual research symposium helps Eastern Campus students and residents build vital research skills
For more than a decade, the annual research symposium at the WVU School of Medicine’s Eastern Campus has provided learners with a platform to conduct vital research while building their investigative and presentation skills.
Match Day 2024: Rural Family Medicine Residency Program welcomes five rural scholars to Class of 2027
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Rural Family Medicine Residency Program will welcome five West Virginia medical students to the program in July. For the first time in the program’s history, each incoming resident is a current rural scholar from either the West Virginia University School of Medicine or the West Virginia School for Osteopathic Medicine.
Graduating medical students learn residency placements, prepare for next chapter of training
West Virginia University’s graduating medical students will go to 24 states and Washington, D.C. for their residency placements. West Virginia will retain 48% of the class. The placement announcements were made as part of the University’s Match Day celebration, Friday, March 15.
WVU School of Medicine to expand narrative medicine curriculum in Fall ‘24
The West Virginia University School of Medicine plans to expand its narrative medicine curriculum with a new elective course for medical students in the fall of 2024. The curriculum ties closely to the recent success of the Healthcare is Human project.
GHHS Solidarity Week slated for Feb. 12 through Feb. 16
The West Virginia University chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society recently announced their participation in celebrating the national Gold Humanism Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care.
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Berkeley Medical Center open new, expanded clinic
Leaders from the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) and WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center cut the ribbon on a new, expanded clinic on Monday (Jan. 8) at the WVU Medicine Spring Mills Medical Office Building in Martinsburg.
WVU Medicine, Quality Insights offer diabetes self-management program
WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are partnering with Quality Insights to offer a new diabetes self-management program workshop in Martinsburg starting in 2024.
Elswick named Farnsworth Chair in Educational Psychiatry
Daniel E. Elswick, M.D., vice chair of education for the West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, has been named the Dana L. and Peggy M. Farnsworth Chair in Educational Psychiatry.
WVU alumni and researchers present study on efficiency of UCTDA among newborn infants
A recent study by West Virginia University School of Medicine researchers examined the efficiency of a procedure used to assess drug exposure in infants following delivery.
Eastern Campus simulation lab provides authentic and interactive training opportunities for medical students
Medical students on the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Eastern Campus are using manikins and mock patients to learn crucial patient-care skills in a controlled environment, thanks to upgrades to the simulation center.