Visiting Days Program

Tentative Schedule of Events


Friday, May 2, 2003

10:45-11:30 *Check-in*
DHMC Auditorium G (Rubin 4th Floor Common Area)

11:30-12:00*Welcome*
DHMC Auditorium G
Andy Welch, Director of Admissions, Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D., Acting Dean, Dartmouth Medical School, Andrew G. Wallace Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

12:00-12:30 *Overview of the DMS Curriculum*
DHMC Auditorium G
David W. Nierenberg, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, Edward Tulloh Krumm Professor of Medicine

12:30-1:10 *Lunch*
DHMC - Rubin 4th Floor Common Area
DMS Student Government - Seth Crockett, DMS IV

1:10-2:00 *Addiction*
DHMC Auditorium G
C. Everett Koop, M.D., Senior Scholar of The C. Everett Koop Institute, Elizabeth DeCamp McInerny Professor of Surgery

2:00-2:50 *Case Presentation from the Veterans Affairs Hospital*
DHMC Auditorium G
Susan Harper, M.D., Assistant Dean for Medical Education, Assistant Professor of Radiology

2:50-3:45 *Medical Ethics Case Studies*
DHMC Auditorium G
James Bernat, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Elizabeth R. Stanton, J.D., Director of Risk Management, The Hitchcock Alliance, Diane M. Palac, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine (Internal/Geriatric Medicine)

3:45-4:00 *Community Service Presentation*
DHMC Auditorium G
Shilpa Lamba, Jesse Ritvo, Kristen Thornton, Melanie Watts, Charlie Wicks

4:00-5:00 *Open Houses*

  • Student Affairs: student organizations, special programs, including theopportunity to meet informally with one or more current student
  • Partners Program - Rubin 4th Floor Common Area
  • Conversations with Brown/Dartmouth Students - Rubin 4th Floor Common Area
    Multicultural Affairs - Rubin 4th Floor Common Area
  • Big Sib Program - In front of entrance to Zimmerman Lounge
  • Financial Aid Office Hours - OB/Gyn Administrative Conference Room
  • M.D./Ph.D.'s- Rubin 4th Floor Common Area
  • Tour of the DHMC Addition

5:00-6:00*Dinner*
DHMC Dining Room
Matching of accepted students with overnight hosts

6:00 *Dessert and The Dermatones *
DHMC Dining Room
DMS a Capella Ensemble


Saturday, May 3, 2003 - Auditorium G

8:00-8:30 *Continental Breakfast*
Coffee, Juice, Fruit and Muffins

8:30-9:30 *Healing Environments - A Look at Traditional Native American Ceremonies*
Lori A. Alvord, M.D., Associate Dean of Student & Multicultural Affairs, Assistant Professor of Surgery

9:30-10:30 *A Taste of the DMS Classroom*
Elmer Pfefferkorn, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, Leslie P. Henderson, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry

10:30-10:45 *Break*

10:45-11:15 *The Classroom Enters the Clinic*
Roberta diFlorio-Alexander, M.D., Instructor in Radiology

11:15-12:00 *Student Perspective*
DMS Year 1, 2, 3, & 4 Presenters

12:00-1:00 *Pizza Lunch*


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