M-Home: Belonging, Connection, and Support
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HOUSES
ACTIVITIES
PEOPLE
FACULTY COACHES PER GROUP
CORE LEARNING CONCEPTS
Doctoring Groups • House Social Events
Med Students
Community Building
M-Home Olympics • Well-Being Initiative
Peer Mentors
Coaching
M-Home Book Group
Doctoring Faculty & Coaches
Well-Being
M1 Launch
House Counselors Faculty Director
Culture of Authenticity
Empower Peer Mentoring M-Home Serves • Near Peer Teaching
Learning Specialist
Peer Mentorship & Development
Parallel Universe Q&A Board Game Night • CAMP
Your Community The years you spend in medical school will be some of the most transformative in your entire career. Many firsts and reflections on the changes you undergo on a personal and professional level during this time are intense and at times overwhelming. That’s where the rest of us come in. At Michigan, we’ve got your back and then some. Beginning in M1 orientation (a.k.a. Launch), you will join a house within M-Home, a learning community and built-in support system for your entire time in med school. Your house includes students from all four classes, the M-Home Director, Doctoring faculty and a house counselor. Regularly scheduled activities range from small group learning, discussions and social events to one-on-one sessions and well-being programs across all four years of training.
HEALTH EQUITY AND INCLUSION Our Office for Health Equity and Inclusion (OHEI) partners with us to provide support for the recruitment and career development of individuals who come from diverse backgrounds and/or who have a deep passion for eliminating health disparities and serving the underserved throughout society. OHEI sponsors several programs for med students, including academic coaching, wellness initiatives, cultural impact and diversity workshops, and a brown bag series, in addition to providing support for several student organizations and a dedicated faculty lead for medical student success. OHEI also directs our Anti-Racism Oversight Committee (AROC), which includes students, faculty and staff, and focuses on eliminating systemic racism and inequities at Michigan Medicine. Together with our Office of Admissions and the Office of Medical Student Education, OHEI offers the LEAD (Leadership and Enrichment for Academic Diversity) program every summer in the three weeks leading up to Launch. LEAD gives selected admitted students the opportunity to explore various aspects of the med school experience, and to position themselves as leaders and mentors for fellow incoming peers.
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This school really encourages students to be active contributors to their own education. Here, I feel like my opinions and ideas matter. I chose Michigan because I felt an incredibly strong sense of community and school pride from the moment I set foot on campus.” Peris, Med Student
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