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Students in the New Pathway program are
assigned by lot to one of four societies: Walter Bradford Cannon Society,
William Bosworth Castle Society, Francis Weld Peabody Society, or the Oliver
Wendell Holmes Society. Students in the
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are members of the
HST society. HST is an MD program that has a separate curriculum for Years I
and II. The Academic Societies provide a community-based approach to
medical education, offering many benefits. These include:
- establishing
the organizational framework for each student to take full advantage of
the many diverse opportunities offered by an HMS education;
- encouraging
meaningful student interaction and small-group learning as well as
peer-group evaluation and feedback mechanisms that help students develop a
team-based investigative approach to the practice of medicine;
- allowing
students to build formal four-year mentoring relationships with HMS
faculty as well as encouraging a continuous exchange of ideas between
students and faculty members through informal and social events.
Situated within the Academic Societies is the Office of Advising Resources. Under the direction of Dr. Laurie Raymond,
professional staff provide screening, in-house performance counseling and
specialized tutoring, and referral to resources both inside and outside HMS, as
appropriate, including neuropsychological testing, medical, and mental health
treatment. The Office of Advising Resources also provides a coordinated
remediation system for students across the preclinical and clinical years of
the curriculum, in collaboration with the Academic Societies and the faculty
and administration of both HMS and HSDM.
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