103. A Day in the Life of a Medical Student

This week on Medicine Talkers we are joined by Megan Murphy-Belcaster (Choctaw and Lakota Nations), an MD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. In this episode we talk about what it's like to be a medical student during the COVID-19 Pandemic and what the journey and experience is like for a non-traditional medical student. 

 

•  NACHP was founded in 2012 by Dr. Erik Brodt, a White Earth Ojibwe physician. NACHP’s  mission is: “to enhance recruitment of Native students to UW health professional schools and programs, improve the Native health professional student experience, establish and enhance Native health education opportunities, recruit, retain and develop Native faculty, and grow Native health academic programs, in both research and education, with tribal communities.”

•  INMED, which stands for Indians Into Medicine, is a 5-year grant through the federal health program IHS (Indian Health Service) which is located in the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. This grant is offered to public and nonprofit private colleges and universities to support the enrollment of American Indians and Alaska Natives to pursue careers in medicine and other health fields.

Resources: 

 

• “Stress and Coping among American Indian and Alaska Natives in the Age of COVID-19” 

Tristesse Burton; Johanna E. Adlam; Megan Murphy-Belcaster; Melva Thompson-Robinson; Carolee Dodge Francis; Daryl Traylor; Eboni Anderson; Kristina Ricker-Boles; Sutton King

 

• University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

 

• Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP)

If you want to connect us: 

 

Native American Center for Health Professions  

 

uw_nachp

 

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Health Sciences Learning Centers

750 Highland Ave.

Madison, WI  53705

608-262-7218

 nachp@hslc.wisc.edu

 

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