All the Ivy League school’s undergraduate classes will be remote in the fall.
Category: Education
Imposter syndrome and COVID: a medical student perspective
Shifting nervously in our seats amongst 180 of our fellow medical school classmates, we focused in on the front of the lecture hall as our deans began their annual orientation address. “Each of you has worked so hard to get here. No one has gotten to t…
This will be an interview season for the ages
The interview season has again arrived. The circle of life repeats, the wheel of time rolls on as the new residents who were interviewees last year meet the next group of interviewees, and our senior residents again themselves become interviewees in t…
Without cadavers in school, will doctors be the same?
The Kaiser Permanente’s Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine opened this summer, and its students will not learn anatomy by dissecting a cadaver. Instead, they will don virtual reality headsets and dissect virtual bodies. The school does have a collecti…
For Parents Deciding Whether To Send Kids To School, Telehealth Startup Maven Offers A Free Online Tool
The xtool’s questionnaire takes less than 15 minutes to complete. Statements include, “I have someone that lives in my home that is in a high-risk group for COVID-19.”
Sleep and the medical profession have an uneasy relationship
I have found that sleep and the medical profession have an uneasy relationship. Physicians, of course, recommend that patients get at least seven hours of sleep each night. But despite dispensing that advice to others, I don’t think I personally …
The first day of medical training during a pandemic
The faculty and staff welcome us warmly. They know each of our names as we walk through the door, and further conversation reveals that they have also studied the short biographical sketches we sent in last month. We are reassured – we belong her…
Ethical humanism: life after #medbikini and an approach to reimagining professionalism
So long as you are trying to fit in, you will never feel like you belong. When the travesty of a “research” publication titled, “Prevalence of Unprofessional Social Media Content Among Young Vascular Surgeons” seemingly metastasized overnight into what…
Princeton Reverses Its Decision To Bring Undergraduates Back To Campus
All undergraduate classes at the Ivy League university will be remote.
Cuomo Says All New York Schools Can Reopen Because Of State’s Success In Coronavirus Fight
The announcement comes as other schools have reopened and been forced to quarantine students after kids tested positive for coronavirus.
