Honor medical society and awards The School of Medicine offers a variety of awards that recognize academic and personal accomplishments. A. Honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha Society. Approximately 16 percent of the students in each graduating class are elected to membership in AOA, the national honor medical society.
Membership is based on scholastic, professional, and personal performance.
This award is given to two senior medical students who have demonstrated excellence in the physical, mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual care of their patients, as part of the art of medical practice. This award is presented based on demonstrated professional competence and promise of professional achievement. The Robert F. Chinnock Award is presented by the Department of Pediatrics to a senior student who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in the clinical performance and scholarship of pediatrics. The Comstock Award is given annually by the Department of Medicine to the senior student with the most distinguished performance in internal medicine. The Hinshaw Award, named for David B. Hinshaw, Sr., MD, is presented annually by the Department of Surgery to a senior student who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership and scholarship.