Category: Education

Professional Athletes Reimagine Education And Health Through Partnerships To Launch New Schools

The choice between mental health and physical health during the pandemic is likely a false dichotomy for children’s education. There are models and schools, like Bode Miller’s new partnership with ICL Academy, that bring online education, in-person act…

The patient who reminded this student to care for everyone equally

During the third week of my internal medicine rotation, I was assigned to a patient who would be brought to our floor following an operation. I saw him briefly as they wheeled him into his room but could hear his screams of pain all through our morning…

Will reading Tolstoy make you a better doctor?

In an increasingly technology-oriented world, genuine human connection is becoming rarer. Physicians are taught to emotionally disassociate from their patients for mental self-protection. This detachment can result in a loss of human connection between…

University Of Michigan Undergraduates Required To Shelter-In-Place For 2 Weeks

The sports teams will be able to continue the season.

The magic of medicine stems from the empathy of one heart opening itself to another

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune is the kind of book that paints you into an entirely new, fantastical world, and you may find yourself wishing you never left. Our humble protagonist, Linus Baker, is an employee of DICOMY (Department in Cha…

The burden of the badge: an MD student’s response to the FIGS controversy

Recently, FIGS – a design-driven medical apparel company – published its latest video advertisement: a young woman in bubblegum pink scrubs struts into view, shaking her FIGS-clad hips for the camera while holding a Medical Terminology for Dummies text…

Medical school in the age of Zoom

What has medical school been like in the age of Zoom? Before I was a student doctor, I was an undergraduate student pining after the halls of medicine and the truthfully looking forwards to the rigors of medical school. Upon acceptance to medical schoo…

The vulnerability of abortion access and training

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how vulnerable access to abortion care is in the U.S. health care system. Abortion is one of the most time-sensitive, potentially life-altering procedures an individual can undergo, however, lawmakers since March have …

The role of residents in teaching and creating a positive clinical learning environment  

The hallways were dark, and the door had a passcode that I didn’t know. What I knew was that I was nervous about entering the team room on my first day of internal medicine, my first rotation of the third year of medical school. Fortunately, it didn’t …

Medical students: The work you do matters

By my second rotation of the third year, I could not help but feel like a superfluous, if not inconsequential, cog in the medical machine. Yes, we are learners and need to see patients in order to become adequate health care providers – but on a busy l…