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Women in Medicine, Then and Now

March 22, 2022

Women have been practicing medicine since its inception. Metrodora, an ancient Greek physician, wrote one of the oldest medical textbooks, and she pioneered surgical treatments for breast and uterine cancers. It is dismaying to realize that, centuries later, women still face discrimination in the medical profession. For example, in a recent study examining the effect […]

Fatemah Shojaeian ⋅ A Day in the Life discrimination, Medical education, STEM, women in science ⋅

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Honoring the Personal Response: Experiencing Art Museum-Based Learning in Medical Education

September 10, 2020

An emerging trend is taking place in medical education: visits to art museums. Read how a medical student at Johns Hopkins experienced the benefits of a collaborative museum-based experiential learning session with his colleagues, led by professor of psychiatry Meg Chisolm and associate professor Susan Lehmann.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings art, diverse perspectives, Medical education, medical student ⋅

Two surgeons analyzing a patient’s medical scans.

Learning Through Apprenticeship: A Continued Pillar of Medical Education

October 24, 2018

“See one, do one, teach one,” is the traditional adage by which physicians learn their trade. This apprenticeship model in medicine is often credited to William Stewart Halsted, the first surgeon-in-chief of Johns Hopkins and the founder of its surgical residency program. Although much has changed in the halls of The Johns Hopkins Hospital since […]

Benjamin Ostrander ⋅ A Day in the Life apprenticeship, Medical education, medical student, mentorship ⋅

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The Challenges of Medical Education in the Millennial Era

December 19, 2017

The weekend of November 4 was bustling in Boston. As the nippy winds of early winter settled into the northeastern city, energetic physicians and medical trainees hustled back and forth down Newbury Street for the annual conference of the Association of American Medical Colleges. This year, over 4,500 people attended the annual Learn, Serve, Lead […]

Rebecca DiBiase ⋅ Events and Happenings AAMC, Medical education ⋅

Podcasts: A New Approach to Learning

August 8, 2016

In 2013, the Serial podcast shook the airwaves as it chronicled a crime in Baltimore. Since then, many have been inspired to use podcasts as an easily accessible learning tool, which has created an excellent means for people to better understand otherwise intimidating subjects. There are many podcasts in science and medicine for those who […]

Diana Cholakian ⋅ Perspectives in Research CME, Medical education ⋅

Novel Study Tools Redefine How We Learn

May 19, 2016

Medical knowledge grows like a metastatic cancer, rapidly expanding every day, uninhibited as new literature is published, novel discoveries are made and evidence is refined. As this magnificent body of knowledge grows, so too does the magnitude of foundational material that medical students are required to master. Nowhere is this more evident than with First […]

Benjamin Ostrander ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Medical education, Social Media ⋅

Questions are a Critical Component of Medical Education

December 21, 2015

“The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.” – Max Beerbohm, essayist of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras Medical school is challenging. At first glance, the sheer volume of information can seem overwhelming, as if the only way to process it all is to simply memorize as much as […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Medical education ⋅

Student Advocates for Sexual and Gender Minorities Healthcare in Curriculum

November 27, 2015

This past year, fourth-year medical student Ryan Shields undertook a big project. He sought to build on previous students’ efforts to improve medical education surrounding sexual and gender minorities (SGM), the broader category into which fit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) topics. After only a year and half, Ryan and his collaborators have already […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ A Day in the Life, Honor Roll Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, LGBT, LGBT heath, Medical education ⋅

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