Student Activities
AMA-TMA
Feb. 5, 2018—Vanderbilt AMA-TMA serves as the connection between the medical school and several important bodies in the world of organized medicine: the American Medical Association, the Tennessee Medical Association, and the Nashville Academy of Medicine. These groups operate at the national, state, and local levels to ensure that the needs of physicians, residents, and med students...
Pre-oven-tative Medicine – Baking for Wellness
Jan. 29, 2018—Fact: Medical school is a lot of work. I think every first-year I have spoken to, including myself, did not imagine this would be easy, yet the workload still exceeded our expectations. However, one thing that I also did not expect, was how much Vanderbilt emphasized personal wellness and a sense of community. "Wellness" sounded like...
VMS Knits
Jan. 15, 2018—VMS Knits for (k)Nashville is an organization where medical students can express their creativity and improve mental well-being through knitting and crocheting projects for charity. Over the last two years we have donated numerous winter hats, headbands, and mittens to patients at Shade Tree Clinic, our student-run free clinic for the underserved in Nashville. Our...
POCUS
Sep. 11, 2017—Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) or bedside ultrasound is a rapidly expanding technique by which physicians in diverse medical specialties are improving outcomes and expedience of care while reducing radiation exposure and cost. Ultrasound is a skill-set that can be used by any physician to broaden his/her bedside diagnostic acuity and procedural skills. Whether evaluating acute injury,...
VMS Dance
Jul. 3, 2017—VMS Dance is a club that welcomes people of all dance backgrounds and experience (from “none” to “formally trained” to “prior competitive dancer”). Group dance lessons are offered every two to four weeks, where we spend one hour learning the steps to a choreographed routine or the basics of a dance style. Our most popular lessons are...
Wilderness Medical Society
Jun. 26, 2017—The Wilderness Medical Society provides both educational and social opportunities for medical students. Together with emergency medicine residents and attending physicians, we organize quarterly skill-building workshops and scenario days to give students the opportunity to practice managing common wilderness medicine conditions, like anaphylaxis, burn injuries, and bone fractures, in low-resource settings. We also lead monthly wilderness trips...
Wine Club
Jun. 19, 2017—Wine Club holds regular meetings that allow students to relax, socialize with fellow classmates, and take a break from studying while experiencing and learning about wine. Topics covered during these fun and interactive evenings can range from a specific type of wine or region, wine tasting and pairings, how to make wine, the nuances of how a specific region can affect the taste...
REMEDY
Jun. 12, 2017—REMEDY (Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World) is a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student organization that aids in donating medical supplies to organizations that perform medical service in developing countries. We collect unused or expired medical supplies from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and work with various collaborators to ship these supplies abroad....
Best Buddies Vandy Med
Jun. 5, 2017—Best Buddies Vandy Med is part of an international organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through one-to-one friendships and advocacy. At VUSM, we match our medical students with adults in the community with IDD. In addition to supporting these friendships, we host monthly chapter-wide events that allow...
Microbes Defense Academic Society
May. 8, 2017—The Microbes Defense Academic Society (MDAS) is composed of Vanderbilt medical students and graduate students who share an academic interest in microbiology and immunology. MDAS likes to host both academic and social events that are related to these two broad but exciting academic fields. However, our premier events are review sessions for the first-year medical...