About the Osler Club
About the Osler Club
The Osler Club, named after Sir William Osler, is the internal medicine interest group for University of Washington School of Medicine students.
The club provides first and second year medical students the opportunity to attend morning medicine rounds at three area hospitals, UWMC, Harborview, and Providence. This allows students to gain clinical exposure and informs them as to the role and expectations they will have during their medicine clerkships.
The Osler Club meets one to two times each quarter. A wide variety of topics are presented at meetings. Topics in the past have included panels on "How to Survive and Thrive in Your Internal Medicine Clerkship," how to use electronic medical records effectively, AIDS (from the perspective of the patient as well as the health care team), telemedicine, competing successfully for an internal medicine residency, and "Medical Jeopardy," in which students answer medical questions in a manner similar to the television game show.
Meetings typically have 40 to 50 first-year and second-year medical students in attendance. Student officers generate topic ideas and plan catering and room arrangements. A faculty member provides guidance and resources and attends all meetings. Funding for the club comes from the American College of Physicians, Washington State Chapter.
Mission Statement: To provide UWSOM students with the education, skills, and professional connections necessary to succeed in a career in internal medicine. Furthermore, we strive to extend the ACP’s mission of health equality via advocacy and community outreach