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Vol. I, Issue 15 Published 03.01.04
Topical
What is “Medical Education Reform”?
Nearly twenty years ago, Harvard Medical School embarked on a major reform of the MD curriculum called the New Pathway. Harvard’s bold reform not only changed the way our own students learned medicine, it influenced the way medicine is taught in medical schools around the world. Beginning this fall, HMS will embark on another major reform of our medical educational programs...

Fresh Cut
The Triplets of Belleville and In America
Yana Pikman
Nine dollars are burning a hole in your pocket and you are thinking, “What would be a good way to spend it?” It is cold outside and even colder in your apartment, so run to the movie theater and you’ll get both of your needs met...

Leaving Longwood
Kotobukiya Sushi
Ji Yeon Kim
Plentiful, nourishing, and cheap sushi. There’s no such thing in Boston, you say? Perhaps not in Boston, but have you ever been to Porter Square? After taking the M2, it is one stop past Harvard Square on the T. Sushi aficionados, take note: once the subway drops you off at Porter Square, you go up the mother of all escalators, and take a left out of the T station. Walk less than a block to the building with a Lesley University sign, Gap and B&N smiling out the window...


Eat Your Heart Out
The Atkins Diet
Allon Beck
There’s been so much hype about Atkins, that curiously persistent low-carb diet. I just read in the news that sales of foods containing carbohydrates, including bread, potatoes, and even orange juice, have begun a serious decline. A recent poll suggests 21% of Americans have tried a low-carb diet, whereas 11% are currently on one. To me, that people are willing to give up what is the greatest of foods - bread - to lose weight, is astounding...

HMStyle
AcSEXsories In The City
Heidi Goodarzi & Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu
The HBO series might be over (moment of silence, please…), but the fashion legacy that Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha left lives on! Consider the now-infamous Carrie Necklace (and thank goodness she found it). Sometimes the softest of accents make the loudest of statements. We’ve spotted a few pieces that, though small, speak volumes about their bearers...

Survey Says
"What is your best study technique for pharmacology?"

Today's Talks 05.03.04
Wednesday, May 5
"Cinco de Mayo BBQ Celebration!”
MeSLA, MGH Minority Affairs
Come grab some good food and enjoy the sunny weather as we celebrate Mexican culture and commemorate Mexico’s victory over the French army in 1862.
5:30 pm, Vanderbilt Hall Deanery
Free food.

“The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression”
Countway Library
Lecture and booksigning by Robert Gilbert, author, Northeastern University.
4:00pm, 5th floor, Minot Room, Countway Library of Medicine

Thursday, May 6
"Public Policies for HIV/AIDS with Special Reference to China”
Asia Public Policy Workshop and WHR Rivers Symposium
Debrework Zewdie, World Bank; Jim Kim, WHO; Shen Jie, China Center for Disease Control and National Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control; Anthony Saich, KSG.
6:00pm, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, KSG

Friday, May 7
“2nd Annual Symposium on Racial/ Ethnic Health Disparities Research in the U.S.: From Research to Practice”
Harvard Interfaculty Program
Faculty discus basic physiology, state-of-the-art treatments, research, and future directions.
Speakers: Reginald Stuart, HSPH; Suzette Oyeku, HSPH; Debra Joy Pérez, GSAS.
8:00am – 4:30pm. Room G-1, Kresge Building, HSPH
Register www.healthpolicy.harvard.edu/ disparity.php, under “Disparities Symposium 2004.” More information, email retucker@disparitiessymposium.com

Saturday, May 8 2004
"Collateral Benefits: Complex Health Interventions Among the Poor”
DRCLAS, Division of Social Medicine Health Inequalities, BWH
Paul Farmer, PIH; Fernet Léandre, Zanmi Lasante, Haiti; Askar Yedilbayev, PIH, Russia; Jaime Bayona, Socios en Salud, Peru; Anne Hasitings, Fonkoze, Haiti.
9:00am – 1:00pm, New Research Building, HMS

"Volunteer opportunity at The Food Project”
SEAM & MUNCH
9:30 am-12:30pm, West Cottage lot in Roxbury
Transportation provided. Email Christine or Molly Perencevich. Limit 15 students. www.thefoodproject.org/

Ongoing
"2nd Year Show Videos"
Checks to “HMS/HSDM 2nd Year Show.”
Contact: Nancy Chang



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