School of Medicine offers mini-medical school

Have you ever wondered what it is like to attend medical school? Would you like to learn the latest information about diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases? The School of Medicine is offering you that chance.

Beginning March 23 and continuing for the following seven Tuesdays, the medical school is teaching "Discovering Medical Science," a mini-medical school. The school, which is open to the public, will be taught from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Enrollment will be limited to 100.

"An important goal of Washington University School of Medicine is to inform the public about medical education and medical science," said William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor of medical affairs and dean of the medical school. "The mini-medical school, designed and developed under the adept leadership of Cynthia Wichelman, M.D., represents an important step. The initial class will be limited in size, but we plan to repeat the course, perhaps annually or semi-annually, and possibly expand the class size in the future should there be sufficient demand."

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Site team will be on campus for reaccreditation

The School of Medicine is up for reaccreditation, and a site team from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) will be on campus March 8-11. The team, in addition to meeting with administrators and many department heads and coursemasters, will spend time with medical students and junior faculty. At the end of the visit, the group will have an exit interview with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of the medical school.

LCME members will be visiting many parts of the campus. They might, as part of the review, solicit information or remarks from faculty, staff and students they encounter outside of their scheduled meetings. The site team will be wearing LCME name tags.

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Richard Lerner to deliver Lowry lecture

Richard A. Lerner, M. D., president of the Scripps Research Institute, will present the 1999 Oliver Lowry Lecture in Bioorganic Chemistry at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in Cori Auditorium. It is located on the first floor of the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4565 McKinley Ave.

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Helena Hatch Special Care Center honored by African-American sorority

For working tirelessly to improve the lives of women with HIV and their children and reducing the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child, the Helena Hatch Special Care Center for Women with HIV recently was recognized by the Zeta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. in St. Louis.

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