Tag: Medical Education
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Medical Students Celebrate World Kidney Day with the Division of Nephrology
First-year medical students celebrated World Kidney Day with faculty members and staff in the Division of Nephrology and with patients who have kidney disease.
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Physician Assistant Students Explore Correctional Medicine at Cook County Jail
Second-year physician assistant students recently completed a correctional medicine rotation at Cook County Jail, learning about the correctional medicine specialty.
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Northwestern Simulation Opens its Doors
Northwestern Simulation in the Department of Medical Education invited guests to participate in hands-on demonstrations and a tour of their center at an open house on March 3.
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Medical Student Receives Fellowship to Study Smoking Cessation in India
Smitha Sarma, third-year medical student, will study tobacco cessation approaches in Kerala, India, as a Fogarty Fellow.
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Medical Students Develop App to Enhance Learning
Second-year medical students built a web app to help teach fellow classmates and prepare for upcoming exams.
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Resident to Study Cardiovascular Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ehete Bahiru, MD, a resident in internal medicine, received an NIH global health fellowship to establish a pilot project aimed at improving cardiovascular health in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Longer Shifts For Surgical Residents Are Safe For Patients
A landmark national study has shown allowing surgical residents the flexibility to work longer hours does not pose any greater risk to patients.
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Medical Students Use Virtual Simulation to Learn About the Eye
Third-year medical students participated in an ophthalmology clinical skills session to learn more about the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the eye.
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Medical Student Focuses on Cancer Research
First-year medical student Martin Mutonga was the first author of a recent paper that identified a potential drug target in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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First Chilean Physical Therapist Exchange Student Shares Experience At Feinberg
Rodrigo Garrido Cáceres, the first physical therapist exchange student from the University of San Sebastian in Chile, spent six-weeks this fall at Feinberg.
