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Doing good in the world as a medical student

Kevin Seely
Education
June 25, 2021

Aside from grades and test scores, medical students are selected based on their selfless qualities such as altruism, passion, service-orientedness, resilience, advocacy, and others. Many of my medical school classmates did remarkably selfless things before starting medical school, such as starting nonprofit organizations, advocating for social and racial equity, working on ski-patrol and search-and-rescue teams, volunteering in hospitals, and serving medical missions at home or abroad. I believe it is …

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Doing good in the world as a medical student

The need for a standardized approach to weight loss in medicine

Kevin Seely
Conditions
June 11, 2021

Any social media platform can boast an abundance of practical health and weight loss recommendations, whether scientifically accurate or not. Many professional athletes and companies are eager to sell their plans for a premium price and advertise them to the public heavily. Unfortunately, U.S. medical education cannot boast the same dedication towards confronting the obesity epidemic. By the end of my first year of medical school, I had only two …

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