Welcome back!

By Yulianny De Los Santos, Health Professions Peer Ambassador

Welcome back, Huskies! I hope you all had a restful and fun-filled summer, whether it was time spent with friends/families, working an internship, getting clinical hours, serving your communities, or traveling. I hope you’re all ready for an exciting Fall 2022 semester. It’s nice to see things on campus going semi-back to normal as well. Continue reading

Take your time

By Keely Greiner, Health Professions Peer Ambassador

It is easy to get caught up in hustle culture. We feel like we need to rush in order to get to where we need to go. Our society praises achievement in proportion with the age at which you have achieved something. We rush through life, always grasping for the next thing, and forget to enjoy life as it happens. At least, this is how I’ve felt.

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Changing study habits and knowing when to get help

By Qristine Owusu, Health Professions Peer Ambassador

I thought transitioning from high school to college was going to be a simple walk in the park. It turns out it’s basically an obstacle course marathon. High school always had its great days, great grades, and even great mental state! After I graduated and walked into college, I had the same mindset as I had in high school. I would go to class, do the work that would be handed to me, take my aesthetic notes for class, and go back to my dormitory. Once back in my dorm, I would not lay one finger on a book to study for each class. Of course, I did the classwork and homework assignments because it was what would be graded right away and I knew in the back of my head that it would need to get done. Every time I would enter an exam I went in confidently because I knew I did my homework and went to class every day, but my grades said otherwise. 

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Follow your passion: healthcare in an interdisciplinary approach

By Nour Al Zouabi, Health Professions Peer Ambassador

Feeling enthusiastic about a specific course, but it does not fit your major’s requirements? Take it! Feeling hesitant to change your major to a major that you are genuinely passionate about? Why not, since you are still contributing to diversity in the health field by bringing an interdisciplinary view to medicine.  Continue reading

Beginning your First Clinical Experience

By Keely Greiner, Health Professions Peer Ambassador

A lot of students find it daunting to begin their first clinical experience, especially if they will be working with patients directly for the first time. I remember being terrified, shaking and palms sweating, the first time I walked into my hospital. But, I kept an open mind, always asked questions, and took every opportunity to learn. I was flexible, I communicated with my coworkers, I helped however I could, and now I’m very confident in my work. I also have a much stronger stomach. 

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