Office of Medical Student Education

Steven Cheng, MD, associate professor of medicine and course director of renal and genitourinary diseases, accepts Professor of the Year award from the Class of 2019 and class President, Nirbhay Jain.

The Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) oversees the curriculum for the MD program at Washington University School of Medicine. Coordinating closely with the Office of Education, which supports educators across the continuum of medical education (MD, GME and CME), we also provide professional development opportunities, as well as material, technical and research support for MD course directors.

Our mission is to cultivate the best environment in which medical education and instruction can flourish. To achieve this, our office:

Provides support to enhance the administrative, technical, and professional expertise of faculty and staff.
Provides the necessary resources to create a collaborative and amiable environment that allows students and faculty to excel in teaching and learning.
Monitors local and national environments to inform continuous development.
Continuously searches for new ways to strengthen and expand faculty and curriculum development programs and implement innovative teaching initiatives.

Specifically, our office is responsible for:

Continuous improvement and oversight of all aspects of the medical education curriculum, including managing schedules, evaluations, assessment, course planning and the Career Counseling office
Providing material support for all course directors of MD programs
Recognizing excellence in medical education with the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards
In coordination with the Office of Education, supporting teaching faculty and course directors in pursuit of research and scholarship in medical education

Contact information

Office Location: Bernard Becker Medical Library, Room 301 (Third Floor)
660 S. Euclid Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110
Mailing address: 660 S. Euclid Ave. CB 8214, St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 314-273-OMSE (6673)
Fax: 314-362-6951
Hours: 8:00 am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday

Our team

The goal of the Office of Medical Student Education at Washington University School of Medicine is to educate the doctors of the future and to do so in an academic and supportive environment using evidence-based educational methods.

Thomas De Fer, MD, FACP
Associate Dean of Medical Student Education
314-362-7122
tdefer@wustl.edu
k.coursault@wustl.edu (Executive Secretary)

Carolyn Dufault, PhD Assistant Dean Educational Technology & Innovation cdufault@wustl.edu	Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc Assistant Dean for Curriculum slawrenc@wustl.edu
Amanda Emke, MD, MHPE Assistant Dean for Student Assessment emke_a@wustl.edu	Kelly Mock, EdD Director, Curriculum and Student Affairs kmock@wustl.edu
Katie Coursault Executive Secretary Associate Dean for Medical Student Education k.coursault@wustl.edu	Melissa DeHart Sr. Manager melissadehart@wustl.edu
Jason Crustals, MA Manager Educational Technology & Innovation crustalsj@wustl.edu	Cory Brant Educational Technology Support Specialist brantc@wustl.edu
Kathleen Nymberg Program Manager, Assessment knymberg@wustl.edu	Antonia Pappas, MSHA Program Manager antonia.pappas@wustl.edu
Amy Miller, MEd Program Manager amy.miller@wustl.edu	Jasmine Willis Program Manager jasminew@wustl.edu
Marielle Ogle, MS Program Manager mogle@wustl.edu	Karen Martinez Senior Curriculum Coordinator karenmartinez@wustl.edu
Abby Gatzke Curriculum Coordinator gatzke@wustl.edu	Molly Friedrich Curriculum Coordinator fmolly@wustl.edu
Alexandria Younge Curriculum Coordinator ayounge@wustl.edu	Shanique Ferguson Curriculum Coordinator d.ferguson@wustl.edu
Devin Ferri Curriculum Coordinator ferri@wustl.edu	Tyla Carter Curriculum Coordinator carter.tyla@wustl.edu
Ryan Robertson Curriculum Coordinator robertsonr@wustl.edu