GUMC invites Washington-area residents for Spring 2010 Mini-Medical School Program

CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE EXAMINED

Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) is inviting Washington-area residents to find out what it takes to become a doctor—minus the long hours and late nights.  Georgetown's eight-week Spring 2010 Mini-Medical School Program, open to the public and members of the media, begins Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

The GUMC Mini-Medical School, in its 13th year, follows the traditional disciplines that medical students encounter during their four years of medical school and offers innovative and timely presentations on a variety of topics related to the biomedical sciences and personal health.  The program is open to the general public, and participants do not need to be students at Georgetown, nor have any prior medical training.

"People have an interest in improving their health, and we have an obligation to extend the walls of our School of Medicine into the community," says Herbert Herscowitz, PhD, co-director of the Mini-Medical School.  "Having a basic understanding of medical facts allows people to learn about their bodies, understand more about what their doctors are doing, and to formulate questions for their doctors as they're being treated."

This semester, GUMC is pleased to offer a series on Conventional Medicine.  Topics include: diabetes and obesity, genetics, nutrition, pharmacology, aging, sleep, surgery and neurodegenerative diseases. The series runs for eight consecutive Tuesdays beginning March 9^th and ending April 27^th.

All lectures take place from 7:00 – 9:00pm in the Research Auditorium at Georgetown University Medical Center.