Departmental eNewsletter

Associate Dean for International Medicine Huda Ayas addresses the IMP community in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more than 25 years, the Office of International Medicine Programs (IMP) at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) has offered life-changing educational opportunities to its students.

Late last fall, the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Office of International Medicine Programs (IMP) directed a successful five-day continuing medical education (CME) course addressing Precision Medicine: Concepts, Methods and Clinical Implementation.

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, international travel was one of the first areas to be impacted during the spring semester as study abroad programs were canceled for the entire George Washington University (GW) student community.

International medical graduates participating in research and training through the Medical Research Fellowship recently earned a residency match rate of 91%, just 3% below the average match rate for United States MD program seniors of 94% and nearly 30% higher than the international medical gradu