Tag: Medical Education
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Students Apply Humanities Skills to Medicine
First-year medical students explored the applied arts during a five-week seminar in medical humanities and bioethics.
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Student Knitting Group Aids Domestic Violence Survivors and Rehabilitation Patients
Medical students in the Fein Yarns and Healing Threads student group work with patients at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago on their fine motor skills through knitting, and making baby hats for underserved patient populations.
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Sanguino Honored by American Medical Women’s Association
Sandra Sanguino, ’93 MD, MPH, associate dean for Student Affairs, has received the Exceptional Mentor Award from the American Medical Women’s Association.
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Medical Students Present on the Strengths and Challenges in Chicago’s Neighborhoods
As part of their community health project, first-year medical students presented on the barriers populations in different Chicago neighborhoods face to lead healthy lives.
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Residents and Fellows Participate in Wellness Activities
Northwestern housestaff took part in the first McGaw Resident and Fellow Wellness Week, aimed at addressing burnout and providing strategies to improve wellness.
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Medical Students and Physicians Volunteer Skills at Devon Clinic
Every Sunday, volunteer medical students and attending physicians provide primary care services at the Devon Clinic, a free health clinic that serves a predominantly uninsured, South Asian population.
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Medical Student Investigates Cervical Cancer Surgery Survival
A surgical procedure called a pelvic exenteration may be curative for more than half of women with a form of advanced cervical cancer who have failed other treatments.
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Students Gather in Support of Affordable Care Act
Close to 200 medical students laid down their white coats at a “White Coats for Coverage” event, in a symbolic gesture of support for the Affordable Care Act.
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Housestaff Panel Helps Medical Students Prepare for Residency
A new resident-led program at Northwestern fosters community among underrepresented minority students in undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.
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Medical Students Start the New Year With Wellness Activities
Medical students attended sessions addressing different aspects of wellness during a week dedicated to student well-being.
