Medical Student Government

As an at-large member of Medical Student Government (MSG), you have an opportunity to get involved with shaping student life at Washington University School of Medicine. In the position, you attend meetings with other M1 MSG representatives and contribute to discussions about class activities. Also, you attend meetings related to your at-large member position. You can either be the At-Large Member for the Committee on the Oversight of Medical Student Education and Phase 1 Operations (attends meetings with administration about academic feedback) or the At-Large Member for the Health Equity and Anti-Racism Committee (attends meetings with administration about managing polices and actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the school). Both positions provide a great opportunity get involved and positively contribute to the medical school community.

Hey guys! My name is Caroline and I’m the M1 Community Engagement Representative (CER)! MSG is a great way to get more involved with the medical school, form great connections with your deans, and organize fun events for your classmates. As CER, I represent WUSM at Graduate Professional Council meetings, learn about issues affecting the WUSM and greater St. Louis community, and discuss solutions to problems affecting the whole graduate and professional student population. The most fun part about my position is planning social community engagement events, like Winter Frost, that helps foster communication between the various programs within the School of Medicine! We always have food, hot chocolate, and it’s a great way to form inter-professional connections with your future colleagues.

As CER, I also serve on the Professional and Graduate Students Coordinating Committee (ProGrads) and the Health Professional Student Leadership Council (HPSLC). So if you are interested, CER is a great way to get to know people outside of your class. Even if you have never been on student government before (I had not before medical school), it is a great group of people and you can have a direct impact on your education!

As the IT liaison in the Medical Student Government (MSG), I help communicate between the class and the administration, such as the Educational Technology and Innovation Unit (ETIU) and the Office of Education (OE), about progress, updates, and issues with our current educational technology. It is a pretty neat role since it gives me the opportunity to be a spokesperson for our class in a unique setting and can directly offer suggestions and ideas to make our educational technology resources even better. It is definitely a role that you should keep your eye out for if you want to help contribute to improving the Gateway Curriculum and your class’s learning experience as more and more aspects of our learning are weaved into technology!

The Medical Education Representative (MER) is a great role for students who are interested in improving the Gateway Curriculum and the experience of WashU students. As the MER, you are a voice for the questions and concerns of your class. The MER also attends a handful of monthly meetings and leads the other student liaisons who collect feedback from students. It’s a good amount of work, but it is a rewarding position as the faculty and administrators really care about your feedback.

The Officer of Student Representation (OSR) is, without a doubt, the most fun role in MSG. In addition to being WUSM’s representative to the AAMC’s Organization of Student Representatives (hence the title OSR), the OSR is also the class wellness and professionalism representative. I like to think of the role as “instigator of appropriate whimsy”. Whether it’s convincing professors to wear costumes to class on Halloween, planning a gingerbread house decorating event, hosting the annual professionalism luncheon, or organizing a WashU Med Friendsgiving, the role of OSR is what you make of it. More than anything else, I view it as an opportunity to advocate for my classmates’ needs, concerns, and wellness at the national and institutional level.

Hi everyone, I’m Joey Krambs! I’m the Phase One Class President. If you’re passionate about making your medical school experience, and that of your classmates, the best it can be, then I highly recommend running for this position! As class president you will sit on many committees aimed at improving the curriculum across phases. You will help coordinate interprofessional opportunities for classmates, and you will serve as a liaison between your class and the deans’ offices. From orientation to commencement, you can help connect people and make the time here memorable!

I will echo what our class Community Engagement Representative, Caroline K., said: Medical student government is a great group of people, directly impacting our medical education and experience. We are so excited to meet you all! We are here to support you, and we are happy to answer any questions you have. My email is jrkrambs@wustl.edu.

As a group of four social chairs, we work with the Student Affairs office and the rest of Medical Student Government (MSG) to plan fun events for our classmates. These range from anything small like gratitude notes to something bigger like a holiday party. We take suggestions and ideas for events that our classmate share with us to determine what we would like to plan. The role is really great to work on communicating with WashU administration, facilitate bonding with and among our classmates, and it is a relatively low-maintenance role. Students love to take any opportunity to hang out with each other in organized events (especially if there is food), so it is really rewarding to know that we contribute to the sense of community.