Biomedical Odyssey

Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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The Progressing Path

June 30, 2022

As I enter my fourth year of medical school and make plans for residency and beyond, I realize that I have spent much of the past few years checking off boxes and anticipating the next steps in my career. I have often viewed medical school as a source of delayed gratification, part of a process […]

Jacob Roberts ⋅ A Day in the Life balance, goals, medical school, medical student, running ⋅ No Comments

Doctor teaching residents.

A Day When a Young Medical Student Tried to Feel Like an Expert Surgeon

February 15, 2022

I was a two-year medical student when our university in Iran decided to teach us how to perform some clinical skills through different stations with moulages and models. We had some medical equipment and devices in each station, and we had to choose and use the right ones. We were very excited and ready to […]

Fatemah Shojaeian ⋅ A Day in the Life clinical skills, medical school, medical student, Medical Training ⋅

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Seeking the Charm

February 10, 2022

Planning my move to Baltimore City, I persistently scoured the yearly lists of the “most dangerous cities in the United States” and found myself perpetually disheartened by Baltimore’s seemingly continuous success in topping that list. Friends and acquaintances who had previously been to Baltimore did not help either. Many made it their responsibility to warn […]

Patrick Debs ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, history, medical school, medical student ⋅

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Making Baltimore Home

February 4, 2022

We searched on Petfinder and put in more applications for dogs than I had for medical schools. We wanted to find a small, older dog that might need a quieter home without other pets or children. As first-time pet owners, we did not hear back until a local rescue organization posted Archie. He was gray, […]

Margo Peyton ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, medical school, medical student, pets ⋅

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Lessons from Taekwondo for Medical School

August 3, 2021

An incoming medical student shares how her years in taekwondo shaped the mindset with which she now enters medical school.

Meher Kalkat ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, Hobbies, medical school, medical student ⋅

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Transitioning to the Wards

April 15, 2021

A student at the school of medicine reflects on his experience in a course that prepares students to transition from their preclinical education to caring for patients in the hospital as a member of the health care team.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life medical school, medical student, transition to wards, virtual learning ⋅

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Lessons from Pre-clinical Medical Education

March 22, 2021

Upon reaching the end of her pre-clinical curriculum at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Sara Wallam reflects on her education thus far and lessons learned.

Sara Wallam ⋅ A Day in the Life Lessons Learned, medical school, medical student, pre-clinical ⋅

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Ten Anchors for Med24

August 11, 2020

As a welcome gift to the incoming first year medical school class at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, second year students offer 10 essential principles, or “anchors,” to steady their new peers as they navigate the exciting adventure ahead.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life advice, first-year medical student, medical school, medical students ⋅

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Mindful Moments in Medical School

March 24, 2020

The experience of medical school can be intense and overwhelming for many students. Here, a medical student shares how he takes mindful moments to help him through stressful situations.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life medical school, medical students, mindfulness, Stress ⋅

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My First Medical M&M

March 10, 2020

After attending a morbidity and mortality conference, medical student Sharon Pang is reminded of why she is on this path and what sort of physician she hopes to become.

biomedicalodyssey ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings conference, guest post, medical school ⋅

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