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When Injured Muscles Mistakenly Grow Bones For hundreds of thousands of people, injuring a muscle through an accident like falling off a bike or having surgery can result in a strange and serious complication. Their muscles start growing bones. No one understood what caused the abnormal bone growth, so there was no treatment. But now,[…]

Drinking Until You Forget Leads to Injuries for College Kids “I don’t remember how I got home from the party.” This could be a text from last night to one hard-partying college student to another. New research from Northwestern Medicine shows that 50 percent of college drinkers report at least one alcohol-induced memory blackout –[…]

Third-year Medical Students Earn New White Coats, Transition to Clerkships At the Introduction to Clinical Clerkship White Coat Ceremony held July 1, third-year feinberg student Anthony Esparaz emphasized the excitement surrounding the progression from classroom- to hospital-based education. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine held an Introduction to Clinical Clerkship White Coat Ceremony on July[…]

Doctor of Medicine/Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program Combining the study of medicine and social science Many Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students choose to enhance their MD education by simultaneously working toward a master’s degree that concentrates on the legal, historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts of medicine. The combined Doctor[…]

‘Copilots’ for Doctors in Intensive Care Unit Reduces Deaths Caring for patients in a medical intensive care unit in a hospital and flying a 747 are complicated tasks that require tracking thousands of important details, some of which could get overlooked. That’s why the pilot has a checklist and a copilot to make sure nothing[…]

Northwestern Chicago Out Network, Safe Space Training Supports LGBT Community at Feinberg The Northwestern Chicago Out Network exists to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community at Feinberg. members meet four times per year to socialize and discuss ways in which the medical school could grow its diversity. The Northwestern Chicago Out Network[…]

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes PA Program Class of 2013 The PA Program class of 2013 recite the Physician Assistant Oath as part of their white coat ceremony, which was held on June 10. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine recently welcomed 30 new students to its Physician Assistant[…]

Medical School Graduates Transition from Students to Physicians After four years spent training and learning all of the skills necessary to become practicing physicians, the 174 members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Class of 2011 celebrated their graduation on May 19. On May 19, after four years spent training and acquiring skills[…]

Lewis Landsberg Society Gives Voice to PA Students Physician Assistant students participate in a casting workshop as part of the Lewis Landsberg Society’s medical training activities. The Lewis Landsberg Society offers students in Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program the opportunity to work alongside their classmates to explore professional interests and[…]