Info for NEW Pharmacology Students 

Health Insurance

            Georgetown covers your health insurance through Kaiser Permanente: https://www.kaiserpermanente.org/              Prior to arriving, you will have filled out a medical history form which will be mailed to you after admission. During orientation you will have to fill out some paper work to accept enrollment into the program.  

You do NOT get visual or dental insurance. However, you do get a dental discount via the Basix program:  For more info: http://www.basixstudent.com/

Student ID Card

            You will get your ID card known as your GoCard on the first day of orientation. The office is located in Darnell Hall   For more info: http://gocard.georgetown.edu/what/id/

E-mail Account

            If you do not receive information about your email account prior to arriving, you can go to University Information Systems office to open your email Georgetown account.   For more info: http://uis.georgetown.edu/contact.html

Rotations
        How to choose your first rotation?  This is the trickiest one since you have not arrived yet.  Take advantage of the interview to probe faculty as to rotation projects and availability.  The more you can learn at that time, the better.  After you have decided on coming to Georgetown, use email to contact faculty and students who have rotated in the labs you are considering.  Keep in touch with Dr. Gerard Ahern at gpa3@georgetown.edu and let him know your thought process and your decision.

      During the summer, students will be doing their first rotation in a laboratory. By May, you should begin contacting laboratories that you are interested in working with. By the middle of June, you should have already chosen the lab you will work in.  If you have any questions about rotations, feel free to contact Dr. Gerard Ahern at gpa3@georgetown.edu

 Things to consider when choosing a rotation LINK

Once you have chosen a lab, you will need to do two things.

1) You need to fill out a PRE-ROTATION FORM. 

            2) You must email Dr. Ahern (gpa3@georgetown.edu) to inform him of who you are rotating with for the summer.

       Note that there is a different pre-rotation form for subsequent rotations - see TIMELINE.

       Following all rotations you need to fill out postrotational forms

Registration

You will register for classes near the end of August. See the Pharmacology website for the courses you will take.  All first year students take the same courses except for 6 credits of elective in the first semester.   http://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/gsCourses.html

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