The University of Washington School of Medicine is undergoing a curriculum renewal, with overall goals of shortening the preclinical (Foundations) phase, creating more time for electives and career exploration after required clerkships, and introducing more interactive educational methods. The curriculum renewal, which will go into effect for first-year medical students in the fall of 2015, will be governed by a new Curriculum Committee. After a school-wide vote, Heidi Combs, Director of our Psychiatry Clerkship and Chair of our Undergraduate Education Steering Committee, was elected as one of four Seattle faculty from clinical departments who will be members of this committee.