Program Overview

Office of Medical Education

The Office of Medical Education offers various programs and tracks for medical students.

Curriculum

The curriculum is divided into four years, with each year having a specific focus.

• First Year Curriculum
• Second Year Curriculum
• Third Year Curriculum
• Fourth Year Curriculum Additionally, there is a Health Systems Science Curriculum and Institutional Learning Objectives.

Distinction Track

The Distinction Track program allows students to pursue a specific area of interest.

• Overview
• Health System Transformation & Leadership
• Medical Education & Teaching
• Research
• Service-Learning
• Medical Humanities & Ethics
• Standard Operating Procedures
• Medical Student Scholarship Forum
• Distinction Day
• Distinction Track Travel and Project Funding Request

Health System Transformation and Leadership Distinction Track

This track focuses on improving healthcare systems and leadership.

• Julie Brown: Improving Pediatric Asthma Management by Utilizing a Scoring System and Care Pathway
• Robert "Chris" Chase: Improving Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in the Outpatient Primary Care Setting
• Amber Gautam: Improving Accessibility of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Eastern NC
• Juhi Gor: Targeting Hemoglobin A1c Levels, Retinopathy, and Neuropathy to Improve the Health of Adult Patients with Diabetes
• Kyle Luke: Improving Monthly Completion Rates for Patients Requiring Diabetic Foot Exams
• Arjun Patel: Improving Hepatitis B Vaccination Timeliness for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the NICU
• Meera Patel: Implementing Education, Instruction, and Data Collection Improvements to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department
• Tyler Powell: Improving Emergency Department Sepsis Identification and Time to Treatment Initiation
• Sanjana Prabhu: Improving Communication of Lab Results to Patients at an Outpatient Pediatric Obesity Clinic
• Greyson Vann: Standardized Resident Physician Transitions of Care in the Emergency Department
• Amber Whitley: Reducing Blood Wastage in a Large Level I Trauma Center

Research Distinction Track

This track focuses on research in various medical fields.

• Lindsey Burleson: Female Genitourinary Dysfunction following Pelvic Radiation Therapy
• Lauren Forbes: Association of Patient Sex and Pregnancy Status on Naloxone Administration in the Emergency Department
• Trevor Hunt: Mitochondrial Respiration is Markedly Increased in the Bladder Following 12-Week High Fat Diet in Male and Female Mice
• Szu-Aun Lim: Opportunity Costs of Undergoing Surgical Resection and Perioperative Chemotherapy for Locoregional Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
• Zachary Pruitt: IFN-β Induces a Novel Lineage of Murine CD4+ CD8+ "Double-Positive" FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells
• Josh Randolph: Coculture with healthy Scwhann cells promote neurite growth and survival of irradiated major pelvic ganglia neurons
• James Stanton: The Potential Economic Impact of National Standardization of Virtual Crossmatch Usage in Kidney Transplantation
• Susan Woody: Survival is Worse in Patients Completing Immunotherapy Prior to SBRT/SRS Compared to Those Receiving it Concurrently or After
• Breann Zeches: Using Fluoroscopic Techniques to Determine α-Synuclein Macromolecular Assembly and Lewy Body Amyloidosis Endogenously and Post-SARS-CoV-2

Service-Learning Distinction Track

This track focuses on service-learning and community engagement.

• Ryan Accomazzo: Pilot Curriculum in Student-Initiated International General Surgery Observership
• Caroline Bessey: Medical Play
• Elizabeth Cochran: Literacy promotion in children via book distribution programs and primary care providers
• Hannah Conley: PREP-Promoting Reproductive Health Education in Pitt County
• Sydney Hendricks: The Development of an Integrative Medicine Intervention to Support the Health of the Home Insecure
• Brittany Lee: Project Alpha
• Hannah Smith: Understanding Experiences of Patients with Autism and their Families
• Mansi Trivedi: The Development of an Integrative Medicine Intervention to Support the Health of the Home Insecure
• Jessie Tucci-Herron: Mobilizing Students as Volunteers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Hannah Verrilli: Understanding Experiences of Patients with Autism and their Families

Medical Education and Teaching Distinction Track

This track focuses on medical education and teaching.

• Andrew Brown: The Use of a Pre-Laboratory Preparation Video in the M1 Neuroscience Course
• Caitrin Curtis: Conflict Resolution: A Standardized Professional Case for Fourth-Year Medical Students
• Brenham Hughes: Problem-Based Learning: Approach to a Patient with a Generalized Rash
• Jacob Jackowski: Recognizing Heart Murmurs: Using Simulation-Based, Self-Directed Learning for USMLE Step One Preparation
• Scott McLaughlin: Medical Education and Teaching Distinction Track Scholar
• Andrew Piner: Pre-Lecture Videos as an Adjunct to Student Success in Medical School
• Shubham Upadhyay: An Ultrasound Simulation Based Approach to Teaching Third Year Medical Students Female Pelvic Anatomy