Transcript Office of Student Affairs

The Office of
Student Affairs
Advisory Deans
Director,
Student Affairs
Barbara Wagner
Associate Dean,
Student Affairs
Jon B. Morris, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Skip Brass,
MD, PhD
Neha Vapiwala,
MD
Student Affairs
Specialist
Nancy Murphy
Student Affairs
Specialist
Carrie
Barjenbruch
Mary Cay Harris,
MD
Marc Levine,
MD
Iris Reyes,
MD
The Four A’s of the OSA
 Available
 Advocate
 Assess
 Advice / Counseling
Available
 Stop by the OSA in
Suite 100 anytime!
 JoMo 24/7
 Emergency Situations
 No problem is too small
Advocate
 Healthy Learning
Environment
 Letters of Recommendation
from Advisory Deans
 Medical Student
Performance Evaluation
(MSPE)
 Residency Application &
Matching
Assess
 Advisory Deans Meetings
Every Two Weeks
 Academic Progress and
Promotion
Advice and Counseling
 Academic Advising
 Personal Counseling
 Liaison with CAPS
 Career Counseling
 Student Organizations
 New Initiatives
Career Counseling Continuum
MS1 and
MS2
 Career Seminars
 Shadowing
 Introduction to
Careers in
Medicine
 Specialty Societies
Career Counseling Continuum
MS 3

Career Counselors

Two Class meetings on
Residency Application

Individual meetings with JoMo

Career Night organized by the
graduating class

Departmental Residency
Application Meetings
Career Counseling Continuum
MS 4
 Residency Interview
Workshop
 Interview Skills Workshops
 Individual meetings with
faculty for departmental
letters of recommendation
 The Match
Career Counseling Continuum
Programs on the Student Portal
www.med.upenn.edu/student
 Link to AAMC Careers in Medicine
 Residency Application Step by Step
 Match statistics and lists
from previous years
Special Events
Orientation
Graduation
Match Day
Class Meetings
Medical School Houses
Helen O. Dickens House
John Morgan House
Jonathan E. Rhoads House
Francis C. Wood House
Medical School Houses
Purpose
 To create smaller communities of
students across all classes
 To foster interaction, peer advising
and camaraderie among students
 To organize community service,
social and educational events
Medical School Houses
 Four houses made up of students
from all classes
 Students are divided according to
Advisory Dean assignments
 Combined Degree Students are
assigned to one of the four houses
Medical School Houses
 Small Group Dinners with MS2, MS3
and MS4 Housemates at
Restaurants
 Tuesday night 6:00 pm
 Sign Up online through your House
Google Doc beginning this
afternoon.
The Office of
the Registrar
Office of the Registrar
 OASIS and University Course
Scheduling
 Requests for Documentation (loan
deferments, letters of good
standing, transcripts, etc)
 UPHS accounts (Medview, Sunrise,
Networks IDs, email)
Office of the Registrar
 HIPAA Training/Child Abuse
Clearance
 Locker Assignments
 Black Keys