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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]

Terry O’Connor, MD Our work comes from story.  There is the obvious; the detective work of collating symptom and pattern, of differentiating disease in hopes for an accurate cure. Just pick one out of the fetid stew.  Dengue? Malaria?  Perhaps a little TB and Amebiasis? But, this is the easy task; calculated and objective. Challenge comes, not […]