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Medical School Tips & Resources, AUC Student Perspective
One student’s perspective on how medical school, like the Hero’s Journey, is physically and psychologically transforming
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AUC Student Perspective
Hands-on clinical training, case-based learning, standardized patients -- see what it's like to be part of a clinical medicine workshop at AUC.
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AUC Student Perspective
Kanchan Tiwari, MD ’16 had never pictured leaving her home state to pursue medicine, much less going international. But today, this AUC grad is an internal medicine resident at MedStar Health in Baltimore, and couldn’t be happier with the path she took.
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Career Changers
While plenty of physicians have dreamed of being a doctor since childhood, many take a little longer to decide that medicine is their calling. Here, several AUC graduates reflect on their own unconventional paths to medical school and their career journeys since graduation.
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Career Changers
Alumna Shannon Stegall, MD '16 talks about what it's like to be a nontraditional medical student, the benefits of the Medical Education Readiness Program (MERP), and her experience completing clinical rotations in England.
Natacha Pierre
Career Changers
Natacha Pierre’s journey to become a physician has taken her around the world—from Europe to Africa, Asia to the Caribbean. It hasn’t been an easy journey by any means. But now, as a pediatrics resident who’s presented at symposiums, earned grants for her work in global health, and uses her diverse experience every day at the hospital, Dr. Pierre says it was worth every minute.