Equity is important to provide an equal, stable platform that ensures everyone has a chance at being successful. Programs like ARCHES do just that.
– Kahiau Cockett-Nagamine (ARCHES Program ’20, M’26)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Georgetown University School of Medicine strives to ensure that its students become respectful physicians who embrace all dimensions of diversity in a learning environment that understands and includes the varied health care needs and growing diversity of the populations we serve.
Bringing Medical School Within Reach
The Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) Program is a one-year, non-degree, post-baccalaureate educational experience designed to benefit those who have experienced and/or overcome significant challenges or adversity. It equips students with learning strategies and advanced academic skills for success in medical education.
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Cultivating the Next Generation of Scientists and Physicians
The Cultivating Opportunity Realizing Excellence in Health (CORE-H) online program and Academy for Research, Clinical and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) on-campus residential program encourage motivated undergraduates with an interest in medicine and other health professions to continue pursuing their career goals.
Providing Opportunities to Explore Medicine and Health Professions
The Gateway Exploration Program (GEP) and Summer Immersion Program give motivated high school students with an interest in medicine and other health professions exposure to research and educational opportunities at Georgetown to inspire them to pursue higher education in STEM subjects.
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