Feinberg’s student societies, a network of students across all four years of medical school, are hosting a series of Q and A conversations with alumni as part of a new program called “Real Physicians of Feinberg.”
First-year physician assistant students visited Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood to learn about Mexican culture and Day of the Dead traditions.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Bruce Henschen, ’12 MD, resident in Internal Medicine, received the L. Randol Barker Award from Johns Hopkins University for research on the impact of the Education Centered Medical Home in medical education.