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Gaining the “Patient Perspective”
By: Alessandra Santiago As future healthcare professionals, we recommend that pre-med students put a premium on gaining experiences that confer a lens into the patient perspective (of which there are many). At CU Denver, we seek students who have applied what they've learned in the classroom to outside experiences, especially those that expose them to [...]
Out of the Classroom, Into the Ward: Valuable Experiences for Pre-Meds
By: Alessandra Santiago At the CU Denver Admissions Board, one of the most frequently-asked questions we hear from pre-meds is: “What extracurricular experiences make applicants stand out?” Our answer to this question is rarely as prescriptive as: “Do three years of wet lab research, volunteer for five years on the Pediatrics Ward, and make sure [...]
How do you handle not being able to give all the answers needed or sought by your patients?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. We will be posting new questions each week. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date, or follow us on Facebook to ask a question of your own. Second Question: When a very difficult/rare case comes to you, how do [...]
Making the Grade: Your Academics for Med School
By: Alessandra Santiago The foundation for a pre-med undergraduate comes in the effort you put in to your time in the classroom. Doing well in challenging classes, electing to enroll in upper-division biology and chemistry courses, and successfully connecting the many academic disciplines that comprise medicine through your extracurricular work can demonstrate to an Admissions [...]
How do physicians and nurses avoid burnout?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. We will be posting new questions each week. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date, or follow us on Facebook to ask a question of your own. First Question: How do physicians and nurses avoid burnout? Dr. Elaine Reno [...]
Getting into Med School: Tips and Tricks
By: Alessandra Santiago With fewer than 3% of all applicants accepted in most of the nation’s top-tier medical schools, the competitiveness of the pool of medical school applicants cannot be understated. Compare the number of applications during the 2017-2018 cycle to the number of matriculations, and you see just how competitive the process can be: [...]
Patagonia Remote Medical Expedition
By Nicole Ernst, PA Physician Assistant University of Colorado Children’s Hospital Patagonia Remote Medicine Expedition (P.R.M.E) is a 10 days guided expedition in the Andes Mountain Range of Patagonia, the course is directed by Dr. Martin Musi, faculty at University of Colorado School of Medicine and originally from Argentina, “This is a terrain-learning experience for [...]
. . . Still Not Dead Yet
Terry O’Connor, MD 16:30pm. The ranger station is still. The storm clouds are clearing. Inside, the rolling glow of embers fade in the fireplace, as outside, the amber alpenglow lights the fresh coat of snow on the mountain above. A knock on the door breaks the silence. “Hey are you a Ranger?, I just snowshoed […]
Ultrarunning in Cambodia
Ryan Paterson, MD DTM&H Traveling across Cambodia by foot, sleeping, hanging from a tree in a hammock and swimming in jungle rivers with massive waterfalls all while providing medical direction and support to the 40 runners running 220KM. This is Expedition Medicine. Global-Limits runs some of the worlds most amazing, staged ultra-marathons in locations such […]