MD Connections
MD Connections
This is an opportunity open to all, crafted with the goal of supporting the first-generation, and other students who seek connections with physicians with identities and interests similar to their own.
What if there were a directory where students could easily talk to physicians with identities and interests similar to their own to find advice and answers to their questions? Support medical students at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). Help us develop MD Connections.
While this directory is crafted with the goal of supporting the first-generation and BIPOC student experience, this is an opportunity open to all.
The MD Connections is a private, secured database of physicians (including non-UW affiliated physicians and residents!) from across the country who can serve as points of contact for UWSOM student questions on specialties, residency programs and regions. The GOAL of the Directory is to have a safe avenue for students to connect with physicians with identities and interests similar to their own. This is not a mentorship directory or program.
This Directory is endorsed by:
Why the Need for a Directory?
- The Directory serves as a point of reference for student questions on specialties, residency programs and regions
- Deciding on a career or residency program is one of the most important decisions medical students make during their time in medical school
- For first-generation, BIPOC, and other students, that decision includes an added layer of questions on what the space is like for physicians with identities and interests similar to their own. Every year, students must search on their own for information
Benefits & Time Commitment
- Support an important cause
- Expand your network
- Support your future colleagues and invest in your communities
- Involvement is flexible
- The signup process is easy and secure
- Your participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw your information at any time
By adding your name to the Directory, you agree to
- Serve as a resource to UWSOM students, responding to occasional inquiries
- Address questions regarding your specialty choice, your residency program or institution, and, when applicable, first-generation or BIPOC experience in the residency application process
- Have your information published in a secure, online database
- There is no monetary or other compensation for participation
Directory Details
- Managed by the UW School of Medicine Career Advising Office, your information will be published in a secure, online database only accessible to UWSOM students (other physicians or entities will not have access to the Directory)
- The personal information collected for inclusion in the Directory includes your name, identities, contact information, hospital/clinic location, and career field
- You can request updates to your information if needed. The Directory will update monthly
- Participation is voluntary and you may withdraw your information at any time by sending an email
UWSOM Student Use Details
- All UWSOM students will be given access to the Directory only by logging in with their specific UW email
- UWSOM students will see a list of physician names and other information physicians provide in a spreadsheet format where students can filter to find physicians with interests and identities similar to their own
- Students will contact a physician based upon the contact information that the physician provides. Thus, student contact will most likely be through email unless a physician wants to include their phone number
- Students are aware that physicians can decline contact if the physician is unavailable or busy
- Students are instructed to:
- Use the directory along the stated Goal of the Directory and not any other purpose
- Follow student use guidelines to kept contact information and student-physician conversations confidential
- Identify that they are a student from UWSOM and saw their name from MD Connections
Contact University of Washington School of Medicine Career Advising Office with questions.
