SMD’28 Celebrates a Milestone
The annual event celebrated SMD'28 students entering the clerkship phase of their medical education.
The UVA School of Medicine’s Class of 2028 gathered with faculty for the annual Student Clinician Ceremony at the Claude Moore Medical Education Building on December 19. The ceremony marks a milestone in the medical school journey as students begin their clinical clerkships.
The UVA Medical Alumni Association provided each student with a leatherbound notebook to facilitate writing during the clinical phase, an activity encouraged by Marcia Day Childress, PhD, professor emerita of medical education and Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita in the School of Medicine.
During the ceremony, the MAA presented the John Edward Jones Memorial Award, an honor that recognizes outstanding medical students who have demonstrated leadership efforts to eliminate health care inequalities and to address the educational, health care and societal needs of underserved populations. This award was established by the members of the University of Virginia Medical School Class of 2012 in memory of their classmate, John Edward Jones, who tragically died during his second year of medical school. This year’s recipient, Molly Carson, will receive a $1,000 scholarship award.
