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In the heart of Anchorage, the Narcan Education & Distribution service learning project is making a difference in the fight against the opioid epidemic. This initiative was spearheaded by MS3 Ariana Gross and is currently led by two dedicated MS2s, Lauren Culver and Ben Henderson. Together with the AK-WWAMI cohort, they are working to assist vulnerable populations grappling with the devastating consequences of opioid...

MS4 Derek Southwick was recently elected by his peers attending the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) National Conference as a Student Delegate to the Congress of Delegates. "It's an honor to be the voice for all medical students in the United States," he said. Here's some of what he had to say about his recent experience on the student member congress at the...

Noelle Coniglio, MS2, Alaska Title of the project: Injury Prevention Through School-Based ATV Safety Education in Rural Alaska Coniglio's background: "I was born and raised in Alaska. I grew up nordic ski racing and in high school I got involved with Skiku, an organization that travels to villages around the state and teaches kids how to ski. Through Skiku, I realized how important access to healthy...

Today’s Scholarly Spotlight is also a news story. The news:  Christopher "CJ" Johnson, an MS2 in Montana, has won the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF) Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (MSRF) award for 2023-2024. Johnson is one of only five students in the nation selected to receive a one-year fellowship award that will support him for a full year of laboratory research starting in Summer 2023. The opportunity: The fellowship will...

Hanna Prakash Ahuja, MS2, Wyoming Title: Addressing The Increasing Signs of Fatigue Post-Pandemic: A Physical Or Mental Exhaustion? Summary: "In the Summer of 2022, I completed my Rural Underserved Opportunity Program (RUOP) at Sweetwater Memorial Hospital in Rock Springs, Wyoming with Melinda Poyer, D.D., at Rock Springs Family Practice. I am glad to also have the opportunity to present my RUOP project at the 2023 Western...

The Idaho County Free Press, based in Grangeville, Idaho, recently shared a wonderful article about what it's like to be in medical school - in the snow. In the paper's photo, medical students including Luke Tesnohlidek, kneeling at left, apply learned skills to wrap a simulated patient suffering from hypothermia. The scenario of this drill at Cottonwood Butte Ski Area involved a horrible snowmobile accident,...

Emma Every, MS2, Spokane The challenge: The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is home to about 10,000 members of the Blackfeet Nation, located east of Glacier National Park in Montana. A community health assessment conducted in 2017 listed reducing the high rates of cancer as one of the community’s top health priorities; cancer has historically been the leading cause of death on the reservation. Notably, only 51...

One of our WWAMI faculty members hopes to give medical students nationwide a new way to study. Tyler Bland, Ph.D., is turning all of medicine into a playable and animated adventure game that he calls Medimon (short for Medical Monsters). Medimon enters a field of aids that help students learn the complexities of anatomy, biology, and everything else to do with medicine. You may be...

Spokane Foundations would like to introduce two Block Faculty, Kelvin Hsu, M.D., left, and Matt Ray, M.D., right.  Both physicians have extensive experience in education. Dr. Hsu is a nephrologist at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Dr. Ray is a nephrologist with MultiCare Rockwood Clinics. Meet Kelvin Hsu: I am originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I graduated with a medical degree from University of Western Ontario...

Interprofessional projects use the talents of students from different disciplines to help the underserved and vulnerable By Jordi Despaigne. interprofessional program coordinator The National Health Initiative (NHI) Community Medicine Cabinet is an interdisciplinary program that is currently being led by two passionate first-year medical students at the Bozeman foundation site, Erin Petersen and Anna McEvoy, with the collaboration of local pharmacy students. This program provides clinical...