This last week of MedEx was by far my favorite. Packed full with hands-on activities, guest speakers, and bonding experiences, I really feel like we went out with a bang! Since I couldn’t possibly tell you EVERYTHING we did, here are a few of the highlights… One of the cool things that we got to…Continue Reading MedEx Week 4: Grand Finale!
Something that I never realized before MedEx is how money plays such a large role in healthcare. This past week, we focused mostly on medical economics: how it has shaped today’s healthcare system and how it will shape the healthcare system of tomorrow. That said, we’ve been discussing the differences between quality and quantity and…Continue Reading MedEx Week 3
All right, folks! The day is almost (finally) here: finding out who your roommate is! Now I know this can be super stressful… I mean, this is the person whom you will be living with for almost an entire year! You kinda want to get along with them, right? Luckily for you, after having conducted…Continue Reading The Perfect Roommate Algorithm
Wow! It’s hard to believe that MedEx Academy 2015 is over halfway over! Week two was equally exciting as the first, complete with medical ethics lectures and discussion with Dr. Epright, therapy shadowing, academic advising with Dr. Banisaukas, and several healthcare career speakers. Here are a couple of my favorite parts! We began the week…Continue Reading MedEx Week 2
College can be, in some ways, much different than high school, one of which being that you can choose when you have class… Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out that way. Almost every college student at some point will have to suffer through an early class. That said, after having 8:30’s every day of my…Continue Reading 8:30 Classes: Friends or Foes?