Are you headed into your clerkships soon? Get some helpful tips from recent grad Dylan Hutson, M.D. and our faculty. 🥼
Video ID: Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum and Associate Professor of @ucsd_obgynreprosci Julia Cormano, M.D., Co-Director of Surgery Clerkship Charley Coffey, M.D. and recent graduate Dylan Hutson, M.D. share the "Dos" and "Don'ts" of clinical clerkships.
💻 Learn more about clerkships at the School of Medicine at the link in our bio.
Looking for ideas for how to earn health care experience hours to apply to PA school?
PA-S1 Lillian asks fellow classmates how they earned their clinical hours prior to applying to PA school at the Atkinson School of Physician Assistant Education at UC San Diego School of Medicine. ⚕️🩻🏥
Plot twist: it all worked out 🥹✨
Today, 122 UC San Diego School of Medicine MD candidates matched into their residency programs. We are so proud of you all! 🩺💌
Video ID: Clips of UC San Diego MS4s opening their Match Day envelopes and celebrating with friends and family. Clips of students with their “I Matched” posters, flowers, and other gifts. Setting is outside on a bright, sunny day.
#UCSD #UCSanDiego #MatchDay #UCSDMatch
Hear from Qin Hui Li, a PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences PhD program, at UC San Diego's annual GradSLAM Competition! 🦟🧑🍼
Her presentation, entitled “Safeguarding the Future: The Race for a Zika Vaccine,” discusses the roles mosquitoes play in carrying dangerous viruses that can cross the placenta and cause devastating birth defects. The answer calls for a Zika vaccine that includes both antibodies and t-cell treatments. 💉
📺 Read more about the 2026 GradSLAM event at the link in our bio.
Video ID: Qin Hui Li shares her 3-minute pitch. The opening headline reads, “Safeguarding the Future: The Race for a Zika Vaccine.”
Meet Alycia Hernandez, a PA-S1 in the Atkinson Physician Assistant Education Program from San Bernardino, California! Get to know more about her below. ⬇️
🔱 Why she chose UC San Diego for PA school: I was drawn to UC San Diego due to its amazing teaching facilities and the opportunities to connect with many different health professionals on campus. I was also excited to explore and live in beautiful San Diego!
💭 Favorite memory so far: Attending the Padres vs. Dodgers game at Petco Park during my first quarter of PA school!
🩺 Desired specialty: I am keeping an open mind as I enter my clinical year next year, but I am currently drawn to pediatrics, ENT and orthopedics.
🏃 Favorite hobbies outside of school: I enjoy traveling, trying new foods/coffee spots and working out at Solidcore.
🌅 Favorite parts about living in San Diego: The weather is truly great out here in San Diego. I love that there is always some going on in the city to explore or try! I also really enjoy being close to La Jolla Shores for quick study breaks at the beach.
📚 Advice for future PA students: Say yes to new opportunities and challenges throughout the PA school—you never know where they can lead you.
💻 Learn more about the Atkinson Physician Assistant Education Program at the link in our bio.
Image descriptions:
1: Alycia poses in the MET building courtyard.
2. Alycia smiles alongside five other students at a local beach.
Follow a day in the life of MS2 Natasha's time conducting research in Jordan at the Za'atari Refugee Camp through the Global Health Academic Concentration (GHAC)! 🇪🇨
Natasha's research centers around how acute climate events such as dust storms or heat waves can affect water management practices, as well as psychosocial and mental health impacts.
Video description: Clips of GHAC MS2 Natasha's time at the Za'atari Refugee Camp, grocery store, public transit and in the clinic play as she narrates a day in her life.
What’s the soundtrack in the operating room (OR) for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery? 🎧
Attendings and residents shared their favorite beats that keep the focus sharp while they work.
Video description: Opening text reads, "Asking orthopedic surgeons... what is your favorite music to listen to in the OR?" while faculty and residents share their favorite music. Images of the album covers of their favorite musicians then appear in the frame.
🎥 UC San Diego Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Family Medicine Student Interest Group recently hosted its annual procedure clinic to introduce MS1s to the family medicine specialty. 🩺
UC San Diego School of Medicine family medicine faculty, fellows, residents and alumni came to campus to lead this hands-on workshop for medical students on a variety of procedures, including suturing and punch biopsies.
Video description: School of Medicine students and Department of Family Medicine faculty, fellows, residents and alumni meet in the Biomedical Sciences Building for a rotation of training activities for the third annual Family Medicine Student Interest Group procedure workshop clinic.
At the Medical Student Pride Alliance's annual Rainbow Pin Ceremony, students were presented with a rainbow caduceus pin. They then took an oath representing their commitment as future health care providers to demonstrate and honor a lifelong dedication to advocating the unique and historically unmet needs of the LGBTQ+ community. 🏳️🌈
The pins, which students typically wear on their white coats in the clinical setting, serve as a visual reminder that all patients can feel safe and comfortable in their interactions with health care personnel.
🎥 Video footage and voiceover by Jane-Frances Uche and Shiv Srivastava, both MS1s
Video description: Medical students recite the Rainbow Pin oath in the Ong Family Auditorium at a special ceremony featuring a presentation on key health care disparities facing the LGBTQ+ community and time for open-ended discussion with featured panelists.
Listen up! 🦻 Ever wondered what an Audiology doctoral student's day-to-day looks like?
Follow along with second-year audiology (AuD) student Jayme as she takes you on a day in the life as a doctoral student in the UC San Diego/San Diego State University Doctor of Audiology Joint Doctoral Program in both academic and clinical settings.
Video description: Clips of second-year AuD student Jayme's day play on campus, in class, in clinic and at her apartment as she narrates her busy day in the life of an audiology PhD student.
Follow along with MS1 class president Sabrina for a busy, fun-filled day in the life as event organizer and emcee for the School of Medicine's Talent Show! ⭐️
The annual Talent Show is a night of fun and creative expression, featuring the talented members of the School of Medicine. The performing lineup includes soloists and groups performing jump roping, singing, spoken word, dancing, and this year, even cake decorating! 🎂
Video description: Clips of MS1 Sabrina's day play on campus, in class and at the annual talent show both backstage and onstage.
Ido Avivi, MD, a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Medicine's Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, took top honors in the second annual UC San Diego Postdoc PITCH Competition for communicating his research on preventing heart attacks by targeting inflammation, including how widely used GLP-1 drugs may play a role. 🫀💉
Avivi’s winning Postdoc PITCH presentation, entitled “Uniting Two Revolutions: The Future of Heart Attack Prevention,” described two converging revolutions in medicine: widely used GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound, and a growing understanding of the role of inflammation in heart disease.
Avivi will go on to represent the campus in the Torrey Pines Training Consortium’s Postdoc PITCH competition on Oct. 23, where he will compete against postdoc finalists from the Salk Institute, Sanford Burnham Prebys and Scripps Research.
📺 Mark your calendars and read more about the Postdoc PITCH event at the link in our bio.
Video ID: Ido Avivi, MD shares his 3-minute pitch. The opening headline reads, “Uniting Two Revolutions: The Future of Heart Attack Prevention.
