44th Annual Medical Families Day
Saturday, February 28, 2026
8:30am - 1:00pm
Trent Semans Center for Health Education
*Registration will open in January
Each spring, parents and family members of current Duke medical students come together for the day to experience first-hand what it's like to be a Duke medical student. Sessions may include: team-based-learning (TBL) to tackle a case study, practicing skills in the SEAL Lab (Surgical Education and Activities Lab), hearing about the third-year immersive research experince, and all that comes with the “Road to Residency. Attendees will meet the Advisory Deans, hear about the admissions process, and an overview of the medical school curriculum is provided.
This annual event is sponsored by the Duke Medical Alumni Association.
Medical Student/Faculty Show
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00pm | Reynolds Theater
The Student/Faculty Show is an annual event written, directed, and performed by our very own talented medical students.
This year's show is entitled Med School Musical, a musical parody inspired by High School Musical.
This musical will explore how students struggle to balance studies, volunteering, research, social life and more. It's a show that is non-stop fun: iconic high school musical songs, extended dance scenes, funny medical school vignettes, all while tackling the more serious challenges students face during this time.
Past shows have included Sickened (a parody of “Wicked”), Duke’s Avengers: Civil Ward (“Marvel’s Avengers: Civil War”), Lube (“Grease”), and The Gunner Games (“The Hunger Games”).