As a second year medical student at an institution that has recently introduced a new curriculum, I have become fascinated with the question of what ought to be taught in medical school. With the roll out of this new curriculum, which focuses on a systems-based approach to learning as well as integrating clinical experiences early […]
Understanding Ubuntu
During my gap year, I had the privilege of working for an AmeriCorps organization called City Year. It is a one-year commitment to 1,700 hours of mentoring and tutoring inner-city kids. I was placed at South High School in a 9th-grade math classroom in Columbus, Ohio. It is difficult to describe entirely how this year […]
Lessons Learned
This past month I’ve been on a teaching rotation called “Learning to Teach: Teaching to Learn” or LTTL for short. This is a mandatory course for all fourth year students at Albany Med and it’s been a valuable experience! We had interesting workshops about how to give feedback and how to have the most useful […]
