Dermatology Interest Groups in Medical Schools.
Involvement in a Dermatology Interest Group (DIG) allows students to learn about dermatology, partake in service projects, get involved in research, and ask questions about the application process for residency programs. In this article, we review the activities and member involvement of DIGs from 11 medical schools. To our knowledge, this is the first descriptive analysis of DIGs across the United States. This comparison of DIGs is not only potentially helpful for medical schools interested in establishing a DIG, but it also offers insight into how previously established DIGs could improve and have a greater impact both in individual medical schools and in the community at-large.
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska. shannonquirk@creighton.edu.
Shannon K
SK
Quirk
Christie
C
Riemer
Paula J
PJ
Beers
Richard J
RJ
Browning
Mark
M
Correa
Bilal
B
Fawaz
Michael
M
Lehrer
Jessica
J
Mounessa
Seth
S
Lofgreen
Tara
T
Oetken
Taylor P
TP
Saley
Katherine
K
Tinkey
Elisabeth H
EH
Tracey
Robert
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Dellavalle
Cory
C
Dunnick
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