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Day 3 of IFMSA: Interview with Mariko Kondo
Today was the last day of the IFMSA conference, and Dean for Medical Education, Dr. David Muller addressed the students who braved the snow this morning, followed by a panel with Dr. Muller, Katie Robbins (PNHP, Healthcare NOW!), and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Day 2: IFMSA Delegate Profile
Jesper Moelgaard, 31, is a 5th year medical student at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He was originally interested in Anesthesiology and is now focusing on Societal Medicine Since this is his first time ever in America, I sat down with Jesper to chat about his...
AMSA Pre-General Assembly Conference, Day 1
On Tuesday night, the pre-General Assembly IFMSA/AMSA conference kicked off in the 13th floor auditorium in Annenberg at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Icahn's American Medical Students Association (AMSA) chapter is excited to host this year's pre-General...
Reforming Medical Education
Pre-med education is fundamentally flawed. This is something that the Medical Education community has known and written about for decades but has never acted upon. There are three critical problems: Pre-med science requirements were established almost 100 years ago...
The NeuroTouch Simulation Project
As a first-year neurosurgery resident at Mount Sinai, I am continuously reminded of the seamless integration of innovative surgical technology and its ability to positively affect the outcomes of our patients. In fact, when I was a medical student at the Albert...
Ultraportable Ultrasound Introduced to Medical Education Curriculum
This article was written by Alexa Mieses, a first-year medical student, and first published in The Rossi: Medical Student Quarterly Report. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is known for innovation within the realms of patient care, research, and medical...