Some dream of becoming doctors in a hospital, and others may hope to open their own private practice or practice in an academic setting. However, many do not consider the career path of becoming a military doctor, who provides medical care to active members of the military and their families. Becoming a military doctor was […]
Until very recently, the issue of menstrual equity has been given little consideration globally and also in the United States. As of 2015, there are an estimated 800 million people on the planet who are menstruating, out of whom 500 million lack access to adequate resources for managing their periods. A recent study found that […]
On April 7, 1975, the Khmer Rouge communist regime conquered the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. Their occupation aimed for Cambodia to become a classless society, instituting extreme communism and abolishing civil and political rights, money, private property and religion. Citizens were forced to farm in harsh conditions, and anyone deemed an “intellectual” was killed, […]
As the first member of her family to attend and graduate college, University of Texas at Austin Professor of Psychology Audrey Duarte recalled a number of challenging instances during her career and education. Specifically, she felt the effects of Imposter Syndrome — the feeling of not being good enough to “deserve to be around certain […]
“I did not want to be a doctor,” Adolescent Medicine Specialist and Sexual Health Educator Natasha Ramsey recalled. “I thought I was going to be a writer.” Before finding her calling in medicine, Ramsey found passion in other ways. As someone who was very art-savvy and creative, she particularly loved to draw, paint and journal, […]
When Emergency Medicine Physician Stanford White applied to medical school, he did not get in on his first attempt — or his second attempt. It was only on his third attempt that he was finally accepted to Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and by then, he was already married with his first daughter. “Being […]
Khalilah Johnson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She engages in community-focused research that benefits adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Physics taught us that the current follows the “path of least resistance.” Hopeful healthcare professionals apply this heuristic as they follow the path to their health professions schools, not wanting to jeopardize their future by going off the beaten path or forging their own path. Perhaps some anxiety is warranted, given recent admissions statistics. According […]
