(photo by Neil Brake)
Dean Steven Gabbe, M.D., outlines the accomplishments of Vanderbilt School of Medicine over the past year at the State of the Medical School address this week. Gabbe's speech touched on a number of highlights, including key new faculty and administrators, a jump in National Institutes of Health funding, the new anatomy lab, the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment, the ongoing curriculum revision and the new pass/fail grading system. Gabbe also spoke about the move to competency-based medical education and praised the medical students for their many volunteer activities.