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Vol. I, Issue 2 Published 11.03.03
Our Evolving Curriculum
Jason Sanders
The Second Annual Medical Education Day took place last Tuesday, and it highlighted the ways in which analysis and reform of medical education are ongoing priorities at Harvard Medical and Dental Schools. Ever since the fledgling days of orientation, I have come to appreciate the TMEC Atrium as our very own intellectual agora. ..

Opinion
On Clinical Education
Martin Schoen
While in Pathology tutorial the other day one of my classmates asked the question, "I know the elevated presence of AST in the blood indicates some sort of liver damage, but what does AST do normally?" My classmate looked around at the rest of the tutorial and all she got were blank stares. In order to end the painful silence I offered the most intelligent reply I could muster...

Leaving Longwood
Mária Némethy
Looking for a quick and easy escape from Longwood? Try exploring around Harvard's main campus, across the river at Harvard Square...

Survey Says
What would you be doing right now if you weren't at HMS?

Bookworm
Life of Pi
David Quinn
Yann Martel’s novel “Life of Pi” trumpeted: “This book will make you believe in God,” expecting to entice two kinds of people with it: earnest folks hoping for a divinely-inspired read, and skeptics looking forward to a delicious cackle as the book fails miserably in living up to such an impossible promise...

j. nassiri's coffeehouse jack o' lantern
m. lu

HMStyle
Heidi Goodarzi & Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu
We present HMStyle, our weekly fashion column.We're looking at and talking about everything from the hottest accessories to the trendiest faculty; from Patient-Doctor fashion highs to Pre-Exam fashion lows - we've got our eye on what's going on in fashion around HMS.

Computer Tip
Soo-Woo Kim
Have you ever been bothered by "pop up" advertisements? You gotta wonder, is there any way to get rid of those annoying ads? Yes!

Fresh Cut
Intolerable Cruelty
Kit Lo
Imagine a mainstream romantic comedy about a suave divorce lawyer and a gold-digging divorcee. Add the unexpected hijinks and subversive humor that has become a trademark of films by the Coen brothers and you will get their latest- a warped look into the world of divorce law and the glamorous veneer of the super-wealthy that is anything but mainstream...

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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