Program Overview

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M.D. Program OASIS

The Outreach, Advising, Support, and Identity formation for Students (OASIS) program began in January 2021 to better support students' advising needs during medical school. The OASIS team provides a comprehensive system of support for medical students' advising needs and their personal and professional identity formation throughout all years of medical school.

OASIS Streams

The OASIS advising and support system is comprised of five streams:

• Premedical Outreach
• Medical Student Life & Wellness Advising
• Medical Student Academic Advising
• Medical Student Career Advising
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Advising

Faculty advisors in each stream work collaboratively together and with UME program leaders, faculty, staff, and other university personnel to achieve the three goals of OASIS:

1. Provide premedical outreach and guidance, and advance diversity initiatives to promote a diverse student body
2. Provide essential support and multi-dimensional, comprehensive advising for medical students
3. Cultivate an environment that promotes healthy personal and professional development for students to become successful and fulfilled physician graduates

Premedical Outreach

The Premedical Outreach stream provides support to prospective applicants and advisors, as well as to current medical students, by:

• Providing outreach to undergraduate college students and advisors at career fairs and college presentations
• Hosting UME info days
• Mentoring applicants and medical students from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Advancing diversity initiatives through pathway programs and partnerships
• Providing applicant feedback

Life & Wellness Advising

The Life & Wellness Advising stream includes the following support through Faculty Life & Wellness Advisors:

• Individual life and wellness advising
• Programming events, including:
  • Successful transitioning into medical school
  • Personal relationships
  • Stress management
  • Financial wellness
  • Sleep, exercise, nutrition
  • Personal identity formation
  • Internal and external factors that influence personal identity formation
  • Accessing resources and skill development to foster fulfillment, success, and thriving as physicians of the future

Faculty Life & Wellness Advisors

• Whitney Black, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry
• Megan Jacobs, M.D., M.S.C.S.
• Omar F. Nazir, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation
• Adi Shafir, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Academic Advising

The Medical Student Academic Advising stream includes the following support through Faculty Academic Advisors and peer tutoring:

• Individual Academic Advising
• Programming Events, including:
  • Study and time-management skills
  • Managing and organizing large volume instructional materials
  • Integrating course content to optimize deep learning and comprehension rather than rote memorization/surface learning
  • General test-taking skills
  • USMLE board preparation
  • Stress management and coping strategies that support academic success
• Formal Peer Tutoring

Faculty Academic Advisors

• James Anstey, M.D., associate professor of medicine
• Kyle P. Johnson, M.D., professor of psychiatry
• Travis Philipp, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation
• Bailey Pope, M.D., assistant professor of medicine
• Ryanne Mayersak, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine
• Haruka Snow, M.D., assistant professor of surgery

Career Advising

The Medical Student Career Advising stream consists of specific pods, each overseen by an OASIS Career Advisor, representing different intended specialty choices and residencies.

• The six career advising pods include:
  • Family medicine
  • Internal medicine
  • Pediatrics + neurology + psychiatry
  • Emergency medicine + obstetrics & gynecology
  • General surgery + surgery subspecialties
  • Other specialties and those requiring a preliminary or transitional PGY-1 year

Faculty Career Advisors

• Hans L. Carlson, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation
• Lara Atwater, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation
• Rebecca A. Harrison, M.D., F.A.C.P., professor of medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
• Richard Moberly II, M.D., associate professor of family medicine
• Lauren Sigman, M.D., interim director of OASIS Career, and Life & Wellness Advising
• David Mansoor, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisors

The DEIB advisors are essential members of the School of Medicine UME Program and administrative team. They specialize in improving student learning and achievement by increasing access to culturally responsive advising, expanding academic and wellness support, enhancing belonging and inclusion, and addressing equity gaps.

• Programming offered throughout the year includes:
  • DEIB Thrive Series
  • Academic Support Series in collaboration with Medical Student Academic Advising
  • Strengthening Belonging, Equity, Empowerment & Inclusion Through Community Building
  • Additional programming and offerings

DEIB Advisors

• Alexander Domingo, M.D., assistant professor, Department of Family Medicine
• Sherie Gause, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Rebecca "Becky" Raven, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine
• Anya Solotskaya, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine

OASIS Student Liaisons

OASIS Student Liaisons have a leadership role on the OASIS team. They represent their OHSU medical student cohort and bring diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to this work.

• Laura Chan, Med26
• Carolyn Green, Med26
• Emily Modlin, Med27
• Kylie Bernardi, Med28
• Hannah Shaw, Med28
• Sydney Laxon, Med28
• Amanda Zucker, MD/PHD
• Rodaba Rahim, MD/PHD
• Natalie Beatie, Med27