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“On the elementary level, it means that the children do most of their learning through working on projects,” Patton said. “When they came to visit, teachers would invariably say, ‘This is wonderful, but we can’t possibly do this in our school.' We wanted to demonstrate that it can be done with a diverse student body and the resources available to public schools—and we’ve done it.”
The Affordable Care Act will have little impact on the way Duke manages its health care policies.
Student Health has decided to close its East Campus Clinic in an effort to provide more efficient care for students.
The Duke University Health System has experienced a dramatic increase in flu vaccinations this year following a major policy change in April.
A new program is providing students who have eating disorders with specialized treatment avenues aimed to minimize disruption of their lives.
Every week The Chronicle collects pre-medical students’ most pressing questions and poses them to professionals in the field of medicine. This week, The Chronicle’s Anthony Hagouel sat down with Sehj Kashyap, a first-year student in the School of Medicine, about what inspired him to pursue becoming a doctor.
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The School of Medicine recently welcomed a class of 113 students to campus—the largest the school has seen in two decades.Only one out of the accepted 114 students refused Duke's offer to attend, said Brenda Armstrong, associate dean of medical education and director of admissions at the School of Medicine. The new class represents 32 states, with the majority of students coming from North Carolina and California. Further, 52 students were from minority backgrounds. The class had a mean age of 24—indicating that nearly all students took a gap year—and 98 percent of the class had research experience.The extremely high retention rate of accepted students this year reflected Duke’s innovative plans for medical education, said Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System. He cited increased participation in programs such as the Primary Care Leadership track and the newly opened education center as major attractions for students, among other factors.Although the class is much larger than the 101 students who accepted Duke’s offer last year, administrators are confident that the quality of education will not be affected because of the newly opened Trent Semans Health Education Center.“It’s still totally manageable,” said Dzau. “With a new learning center, we’re able to accommodate more educational activities.”Located in the heart of the medical campus, the center has six floors, each designed to provide a unique educational experience ranging from group-based problem solving rooms to simulation labs, where paid actors from Durham enact typical medical situations for students.Although the 12 person increase in class size from last year was unexpected, Dzau explained that its timing coincided perfectly with plans to eventually increase the class size to 125 over the next few years."Duke has always had a relatively small class, we like it that way,” Dzau said. “We don’t want to massively expand it because it gives the students a lot of attention and the kind of experience that they want."Drake Edwards, a new student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, said that the faculty and students at Duke were the most passionate and caring people out of all the schools he applied to.“I have phenomenal classmates who I’ll be spending the next several years with,” Edwards said. “The Trent Semans Center is also by far the best medical school building I was at."
Duke has made a name for itself in groundbreaking scientific research earning a Nobel prize, numerous grants and countless headlines. Through the practical application of technologies, researchers have been able to solve diverse sets of problems. In the past year, Duke researchers have made major headway on an HIV vaccine, created a working “invisibility cloak” and used lasers to analyze ancient art.
Duke faculty are coming together to form a comprehensive research community known as BioCoRE, with student participants from all levels of the University community.
Duke researchers are using a new method in their efforts to develop more advanced invisibility cloaking devices.
Students during finals are prone to reach a high level of stress as they balance completing exams and papers in their classes. To help students prepare for their finals, The Chronicle’s Anthony Hagouel spoke with Gary Glass, assistant director for outreach and developmental programming at Counseling and Psychological Services, on how to alleviate stress. Glass got input from other CAPS staff members before compiling some tips.
A recent symposium sought to foster closer professional connections between infectious disease researchers at Duke Medicine and its Singapore campus.
The Gullah Geechee Gala—an event hosted Monday evening—celebrated a new summer program which allows Benjamin N. Duke Scholars to live and work with Gullah Geechee groups in Conway, S.C.
Even as Duke moves forward with transgender friendly policies, student leaders are worried about transgender students being able to comfortably transition genders on Duke’s campus.
The Duke Global Health Institute has finalized the newly authorized global health co-major and minor, available to students this Fall.
Students and administrators are collaborating to increase awareness about eating disorders on campus this week as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
In recent years, students have become more open to talking about sensitive subjects, contributing to an improvement in psychological health, administrators say.
Duke’s new student health leader will use his web savvy to reach out to students.
