OMSA Medical Student of the Month of April 2017 - Annie Wang
Meet Annie Wang (University of Toronto), our student of the month for April 2017!
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OMSA Medical Student of the Month of March 2017 - Rahel Zewude
Meet Rahel Zewude (University of Toronto), our student of the month for March 2017!
OMSA Medical Student of the Month of April 2016 - Brandon Tang
Meet Brandon Tang (University of Toronto), our student of the month for April 2016!
OMSA Medical Student of the Month of March 2016 - Arnav Agarwal
Meet Arnav Agarwal (University of Toronto), our student of the month for March 2016!
OMSA Medical Student of the Month of February 2016 - Katherine Steckham
Meet Katherine Steckham (University of Toronto), our student of the month for February 2016!
Katherine isn’t one to seek the spotlight, and as a result very few people are aware of the many improvements she has orchestrated this year in her various extracurricular roles.
OMSA Student of the Month of February 2015 - Justin Lam
Out of a number of great nominations, Justin Lam, a 2nd year UofT medical student, has been selected as the OMSA Medical Student of February 2015.
On Medical School, Story-Telling, and Narrative Medicine
Dr. Shannon Arntfield is an obstetrician/gynecologist and assistant professor at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University in London, Ontario. She is the founder and director of the Narrative Medicine Initiative at Western.
OMSA Student of the Month of April 2014 - Anna Ly
The often exhausting grind of clerkship -- attempting to obtain those decisive yet elusive reference letters while experiencing the steep learning curve is extremely trying. In this context, it's easy to lose sight of the patient's real needs, but Anna, a third year student from UofT, never seemed to lose sight of what matters most.
Preparing Future Medical Leaders
Advocate, actor, comedian and author Rob Hawke led a Dynamic Speaking for Leadership workshop for students in the Leadership in Medicine Elective (LiME) on February 4.
Hawke — who is an alumnus of Second City — is a respected patient advocate who draws upon his own experience as a cancer patient. His one-man show, "Norm versus Cancer: A Terminally Funny One Man Show," was nominated for a 2011 Canadian Comedy Award.