By Shan S. Lansing 2020 was the year for virtual medical education. Preclinical students would jest that they were attending Zoom School of Medicine, and whole cohorts of new medical students were in...
By Milena Taskovska, MD Being a surgeons’ daughter, I thought I was prepared for every possible gender discrimination when pursuing a career in urology, but I was wrong. Soon after starting my re...
By Ashley Meagher, MD, MPH, FACS Mentorship is one of the most important facets of medicine. We rely on mentors to guide us in medical school, as we choose a specialty. In residency, we are frequen...
By Dr. Rocio Carrera The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our lives and plans. Almost a year after the world went into quarantine and after countless losses of lives, jobs, and homes, we can finally see...
By Eanas Yassa Being a female surgeon - how do i get this right? Don’t be too happy, patients think you don’t understand the seriousness of their problem Don’t be too serious, patients think yo...
By Jessa Fogel People ask me all the time how I manage to run every day in medical school, and I usually answer in the same way: “I just really love it.” But sometimes love alone can’t get you ...
By Alicia Greene Congratulations! This is a moment that you will always remember. Many of you have dreamed about being a physician for several years. Not only are you going to be a physician, but you...
By Caitlin Burke My mother worked full time when I was in elementary school, and when she came home I would recount my entire school day. The level of detail I included was unusual – right down t...
By Bethany Wood Harvey I think it’s a fair assumption to say the Trauma ICU is a bit different than anywhere else in the hospital. Our patients are often in our care unexpectedly; they are ‘healt...
By Jaime Lewis and Virginia Shaffer This blog entry is the second in a series of six blogs authored by members of the AWS Clinical Practice Committee writing in collaboration with our society liaison...
