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The new and improved learning community at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine resembles that at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

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Pages 353-357 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Background: In July 2005, a learning community was created at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) to foster camaraderie, networking, advising, mentoring, professionalism, clinical skills, and scholarship—The Colleges. The cultural and structural changes that emerged with the creation of this program have resulted in JHUSOM bearing a resemblance to J. K. Rowling's fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Aims: This manuscript will describe the similarities between these two revered schools, and highlight the innovations and improvements made to JHUSOM's learning environment.

Description: The intense, stressful, and lengthy professional training required to achieve competency in the practice of medicine and in the practice of witchcraft (albeit fictional) have meaningful parallels.

Conclusion: The supportive learning environment at these two schools should afford the next generation of graduates to have an even more enriching experience than those who have come before them.

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Notes on contributors

Rosalyn W. Stewart

ROSALYN W. STEWART, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Allison R. Barker

ALLISON R. BARKER is a medical student at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Robert B. Shochet

ROBERT B. SHOCHET, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Scott M. Wright

SCOTT M. WRIGHT, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He receives support as a Miller–Coulson Family Scholar through the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine.

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