Medical students attended the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Training Ground conference, hosted at Feinberg on November 22 and 23, with events united under the theme of “Lead the Change in the Culture of Medicine.”
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Medical students presented their Area of Scholarly Concentration projects at a poster session on November 21.
The medical school’s 36th annual student sketch comedy show In Vivo parodied the characters and plot of the film Freaky Friday with “Freaky Feinberg,” benefitting the Stay Out of the Sun Foundation in honor of their former classmate Claire Richards.
Darrell Kirch, MD, president and chief executive officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges addressed staff and faculty members on the issues facing academic medical centers.
Nelly Papalambros, a third-year graduate student, studies how sound could be used as a non-invasive way to improve deep sleep and memory.
Students and faculty learned how practicing mindfulness, incorporating patient spirituality and advocating for scientific research in public policy can improve patient care – and their own wellbeing as healthcare providers – during three special lecture events.
Medical students conduct cardiovascular health risks screenings and counsel participants on exercise, nutrition and other lifestyle changes in the Keep Your Heart Heathy program.
The Education Centered Medical Home, a longitudinal clinical experience for students, continues to grow as students gain an understanding of continuity of care and team medicine.
Ruoqi Gao, a fourth-year Medical Scientist Training Program student, is interested in how neurons grow and change over time and how this process goes awry in autism.
Throughout the decades, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students, faculty and alumni have had a long-standing history of serving in the U.S. Armed Forces for a variety of reasons.