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Category: Medical Education
A call to action at day one of Stanford Medicine X | ED
Executive Director Larry Chu and keynote speaker Victor Montori welcome attendees to day one of Stanford Medicine X | ED.
Stanford Medicine X | ED returns to the stage this weekend
Stanford Medicine X | ED, the two-day conference that brings together patients, researchers, physicians and students to improve medical education, returns this weekend.
The woman in the elevator — dealing with death in medical training: From the archives
In this Stanford Medicine Unplugged essay, former medical student Jennifer DeCoste-Lopez reflects on the loss of a young patient.
From the Scope archives: My struggles with the third-year of med school – and the words that helped me
In a candid piece, Hamsika Chandrasekar shares the challenges of being a third-year medical student.
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Expanding access to science education
This Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A features Cooper Galvin, a graduate student in biophysics, who is working to make science accessible to all.
Making moves to increase diversity in radiology — “It’s a must”
Stanford's Department of Radiology boosts its diversity effort, focusing on education, diversity in leadership and inclusion.
Design thinking helps Innovative Health Care Leader program participants tackle tough challenges
Professors Abraham Verghese, PhD, and Sarah Soule, PhD, will lead this spring's Innovative Health Care Leader: From DesignThinking to Personal Leadership program.
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Reforming medical research
Stelios Serghiou, MBChB, is working to improve medical research -- and he plays the violin. He shares his story in this Stars of Stanford Medicine feature.
“Yes!!!” Video captures the loud cheers and excited energy of Match Day
Filmmaker Mark Hanlon followed Stanford's soon-to-graduate medical students on Match Day and provides an insider's look at what happens just before and after the envelopes are opened.
New postdoctoral fellowship will allow nurse-scientists to conduct palliative care research
Stanford Medicine is introducing a new postdoctoral fellowship for nurse-scientists in palliative care. The program begins in the fall.
Happy Match Day!
Each year, during Match Day, medical students across the country find out where they'll be doing their residencies.
Kids see words and faces differently
A new study finds that young children’s brains have not yet fully developed the vision circuits they need to understand words and faces.
The problematic process of desensitization in medical training
In this essay, medical student Natasha Abadilla reflects on the walls that medical trainees put up between themselves and their patients.
A look at cervical cancer prevention and screening
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.
A med student’s Christmas wish list
What do medical students want for Christmas? Second-year student Natasha Abadilla reflects on four gifts that top her wish list.