Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
If you listen closely, you’ll hear the buzz begin sometime in August. With your eyes, you’ll start to see the signs in early September. As the week comes to a close, like clockwork, the office environment becomes unmistakably … monochromatic. You may not notice it at first, but once you start to pay attention, it’s […]
During his time at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Liwei Jiang, a graduating fourth year, found himself interacting with classmates and faculty members who were passionate about teaching. One such professor, Dr. Donna Magid, encouraged him to seek ways to make radiology more engaging and accessible to new medical students. "I didn't expect to […]
Stephanie Zuo ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Radiology, Social Media ⋅
Guys, it’s finally happening. I am going to graduate with my Ph.D. This is 99 percent excellent news, and I am 99 percent thrilled. But let’s talk about that other 1 percent. It comes from the abrupt realization that in a few short months, I’m going to move away from Baltimore, probably to the other […]
The majority of postdoctoral appointments are at educational institutions. This includes my postdoctoral fellow position at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Approximately 75 percent of doctoral scientists and engineers who have postdoctoral appointments are employed at an educational institute, compared to only 14 percent in the business/industrial sector, according to data collected from a […]
ytreesukosol ⋅ A Day in the Life Postdoc, research and development ⋅
Graduate school can be a lonely time. As your research becomes increasingly specialized, it is harder to find people who can relate. During your first year, you spend one to two hours every day with your classmates in lecture. This common experience organically creates community. You share notes, study together and prepare for graduate board […]
It was a simple assignment. Fill out an advanced directive or Maryland Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) form and the Five Wishes form, and reflect on the experience of confronting death from a medical perspective. Easy. And yet, after four years of writing classes and a degree in English language and literature, this assignment […]
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is captured metaphorically by the story that a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world causes a raging typhoon on the other side. For example, recent viral outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in 2015 — and Zika virus this year — originated in countries far outside […]
Charles Odonkor ⋅ A Day in the Life Global Health, Hopkins International ⋅
Match Day on Social MediaThe buzzing crowd in the Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building atrium counted down in anxious unison as the seconds made their way closer toward noon, rapidly approaching one of the most thrilling moments in medical school. Moments that shape a life trajectory are few and far between. Yet every […]
Benjamin Ostrander ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, match day ⋅
Preparing the next group of medical doctors does not always fall on the shoulders of attending physicians. Residents, themselves, play a very important part in educating each other. To that end, several Gyn/Ob residents (including myself), recent alumni and faculty met in New Orleans to present work we have done in Ob/Gyn resident education. While […]
Diana Cholakian ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research CME ⋅
I was CPR certified once. I don’t remember anymore why I was trained — I think it may have been a requirement for school? What I do remember is that the whole process was surprisingly complicated. This many chest compressions followed by that many breaths. Check here for a pulse. Make sure airways are clear. […]