CuraMD: Intellectual Wellness
CuraMD: Well-being Domains & Resources
The process of attaining intellectual wellness requires you to expand your knowledge and engage in forward, independent thinking. This will involve pursuing creative, mentally stimulating activities. Activities should enhance individual skills and allow you to share your knowledge and experience with others. Intellectual wellness is rooted in discovering opportunities for growth, developing problem solving skills, and overcoming barriers and challenges. It can be advanced through academics, cultural and community involvement, and exploring personal interests. The desire to acquire information and improve skills in pursuit of lifelong learning contributes to your intellectual wellness.
School of Medicine Intellectual Wellness Resources
Office of Student Learning & Academic Advising
OSLAA at the School of Medicine is available to all medical students at any time via self-referral. Learning specialists in this office can assist with a wide range of learning & test-taking strategy support, in addition to helping you understand what learning resources most fit with your time and strategies.
Peer-to-Peer Tutoring
The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Tutoring Program provides an additional level of academic support to medical students, while providing an opportunity for upper-level classmate tutors to reinforce their knowledge and critical thinking skills. All Georgetown medical students receive up to two hours/week of tutoring, covered by the school. Additional hours must be approved by the Dean for Students.
Learning & Testing Accommodations
The Office of Student Learning and Academic Advising (OSLAA) is responsible for assisting students with their test-taking and/or learning accommodations, who have received approved documentation from the Academic Resource Center. Learning specialists can also work with students to identify strategies and resources that take into consideration any needs for accommodation.
READ Campaign & DML
Dahlgren Memorial Library (DML) is the main library serving Georgetown University Medical Center. Among its many core services, DML hosts the annual READ Poster Campaign, highlighting SOM students, staff, and faculty’s favorite pieces of literature, within and outside of their fields, that have been formative to their development.
Longitudinal Academic Tracks
The Longitudinal Academic Tracks available at the School of Medicine allow students to explore various areas of interest in conjunction with the four-year medical school curriculum. All tracks are faculty-run, scholarly experiences for medical students interested in developing attitudes and skills for self-directed, lifelong learning and career development.
