The Associate Deans coordinate a number of stress management activities. Except for Ambulatory Care and Physical Diagnosis assignments, the first and second years are spent almost entirely at Georgetown. Each year begins in August and ends in early June. The preclinical years are currently divided into four blocks, each of which consists of a section of class time, some study days, and an examination period. Medical students in the first and second year classes operate a note taking service covering the classes for the preclinical years.
Students subscribe to the service by the semester.
Both groups are paid. The service has the notes duplicated and distributed to subscribers' mail boxes. MNTS operates under the approval of the Student Council and presents a financial report to the Council and subscribing classes each semester. Although MNTS is entirely a student activity and not an academic activity of the School of Medicine, because it uses school facilities, its fiscal operations are subject to the accounting policies, requirements, and practices of the University. Introduction to the Patient in the first quarter brings students into the hospital to interview patients.