Fifteen Minutes of Companionship
First-year medical student Alisha Dziarski discusses her experiences meeting and bonding with her classmates through Zoom and a COVID-19-adapted anatomy lab.
Honoring the Personal Response: Experiencing Art Museum-Based Learning in Medical Education
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.
Music As a Source of Healing: Drawing Inspiration for Medicine
Medical student Sumil Nair shares how music was foundational to his spirit of healing through memories with people, and how it helps facilitate his transition into a career where deep connections are formed every day.
A Reflection on Returning to Baltimore
Sara Wallam, a second-year medical student, reflects on her upcoming journey back to Baltimore and the resumption of in-person activities after five months of strict quarantine.
Resuming Medical Training in the Era of COVID-19: A Medical Student’s Thoughts
A medical student shares her perspectives on returning to the hospital after a four-month COVID-19 hiatus.
Role Reversal: Getting Tested for COVID-19
A school of medicine student discusses her COVID-19 test and what it feels like to be on the other end of the doctor-patient relationship.
From Classmates to Friends
Medical student Palak Patel reflects on the unique bonds made between classmates while in medical school.
From Home to Hopkins
At 11 p.m. PST on July 5 — less than three hours after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled my home in Southern California — shock waves also went through the sports world. Basketball superstar Kawhi Leonard, who had just delivered Toronto its first ever NBA championship, surprisingly announced he would return to his native Los […]
Summer Transitions: Learnings from Residency
Every summer, a fresh crop of physicians enters the workforce. Overnight, trainees begin new roles and take on new responsibilities. You could imagine that we transition gracefully, like caterpillars turned butterflies, wings beating with effortless aerodynamics upon emerging from the chrysalis. Truthfully, we are more akin to baby birds, pushed off a branch and made […]
Transition to the Wards: A Pivotal Point in Medical School Training
By Neha Anand On Friday, my classmates and I completed our last preclinical unit of medical school. After a year and a half of lecture learning and small groups about the intricate physiology of the kidneys, detailed pathways of the brain and so much more, we finally came to one of the most immersive classes […]