A war fought with pipettes, stethoscopes and a whole lot of gusto is happening every day here at the Mayo Clinic. We have the chance[...]
As an aspiring medical student, I always dreamed of the incredible good I could do for my future patients. I would gain extensive skills that[...]
My first memory of vaccines takes me back to when I was about three years old. Because I was prone to tantrums (and quite good[...]
Welcome back! We are excited to launch Meet Mayo Med for its second year. Our goal has been to share the incredible stories of students at Mayo Medical[...]
As I stepped up to the patient on the operating table, side by side with a doctor who had changed my life, I could feel[...]
I had never seen someone quite so helpless as Allen*, so away from the grasp of any type of comfort. When I walked into the[...]
Just three weeks into my general surgery rotation, I have continually been given the privilege to “close”, or stitch shut, the incision. It sounds like[...]
Coming from a public school where nearly a third of my classmates did not graduate, I would not be where I am today if not[...]
Art has been one of my passions ever since I could hold a pencil—an important outlet for expression, relaxation, and reflection. However, I never found[...]
It has occurred to me, late in the game, that all of this time I could have been using my bread baking not only as[...]
The 4th annual zombie apocalypse simulation, Bounce Day, took place this past fall and gave many medical students first-hand experience on handling a community disaster.[...]
As medical students, we often fall into a routine of learning in a certain way, probably as a result of classroom-based learning during our first[...]