We asked our Women Surgeons to share with us their Holiday traditions and some of their favorite memories of the holidays – both at home and work. Please enjoy these delightful stories from members ...
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The Art and Science of Touch
Recently one of our own Women Surgeons, Dr. Carla Pugh, was an invited speaker at the popular TEDMED 2014 event. In the session “Play is not a waste of time,” Dr. Pugh discussed Haptic Learning ...
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“You’ve matched to a Preliminary position.”
by Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, M.D, M.Sc. Every medical student looks forward to "Match Day." Even non-medical people know what this "match day" is . . . . they hear about it from us, read it on our...
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Interview with Dr. Diana L. Farmer
by Lauren B. NosanovDr. Diana L. Farmer, an internationally renowned fetal and neonatal surgeon, is Chair of the Department of Surgery at UC Davis Health System, where she oversees more than 250 fac...
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Pregnancy during Medical School & Residency
by Callie Thompson, MDI have read a lot of discussions about “the right time” to have a baby during a career in medicine and most of them come to the conclusion that there is no right time. I don...
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Five Reasons I loved my Longitudinal Integrated Surgery Clerkship
by Sophia Kim McKinley“I don’t understand.” This is the most common response when I tell people that during my third year of medical school, I did all of my core rotations simultaneously for a y...
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Welcome to the New AWS Blog & Tips for Surviving Your Surgery Clerkship
We're proud to share the launch of the AWS blog with you, and hope that this will provide a new resource for you. We'll be posting at least once a week, trying to spark a conversation with you--usuall...