Dose of Reality
Unique Passions, Boundless Opportunities
Read stories written by our own students as they pursue their dreams through Medical School.
![A group of medical students at the White Coat Ceremony](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/jumbo_16_9/public/2024-11/mphoto-medschlwhtcoatcrmy24249_.jpg?h=256a4418&itok=26wyu1Eu)
![Two medical students stand at the central line and ultrasound guided IV placement station.](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2025-01/melis-ozkan-dose-of-reality-hero-dt_3200-x-1800.jpg?h=f0fb51a5&itok=djsQPLPx)
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After completing the Diagnostics and Therapeutics (D&T) Branch during Branch Launch, third-year medical student Melis Ozkan discovered a career interest in ultrasound.
![Malak Elshafei facilitates a workshop with a small group](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2025-01/rise-unlocking-creativity-20241203_3883_1.jpg?h=c4541f0f&itok=YeH-gKPA)
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University of Michigan medical student Malak Elshafei wants to prepare future medical students for clinical practice by introducing electronic health record training into the M1 year.
![Medical students Siddhi Deshpande and Hanin Elhagehassan with the vision center team in India](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-12/dose_of_reality_deshpande_and_elhagehassan_img_8492.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=zoxnU2RI)
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University of Michigan medical students Siddhi Deshpande and Hanin Elhagehassan share their global health experience studying neuro-ophthalmological conditions in India.
![A group of students from the Black Medical Association at the SOS Food Pantry, where they volunteered](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-10/img_5081.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=PPnhcpCr)
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University of Michigan Medical School student Leta Ashebo explores how long-term lifestyle factors, particularly nutritional habits, influence the management and well-being of vulnerable populations with chronic conditions.
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University of Michigan medical student Kyle Peres worked with a team to develop a 3D surgical training tool that simulates suturing a damaged blood vessel with liquid.
![Three people standing outside the west gate of Peking Union Medical College](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-09/processed-fd1c4df7-391d-4ca0-a634-547963a2f20f.jpg?h=89e529b9&itok=k7P72LJT)
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University of Michigan Medical School student Claire shares her experience as on a global health rotation in China.
![Three female medical students smiling and holding signs near Pickleball courts](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/picture_1_-_pickleball_palooza_fundraiser.jpg?h=3a025696&itok=mxb1N-Vx)
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University of Michigan Medical School student shares information about a student organization she's involved in called Medicine in Motion.
![Group of people standing outside a building and underneath a sign that reads TechnoCore](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/img_8866-2-500x375.jpg?h=2075fdba&itok=CbI8laVK)
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Seven thousand miles away, I arrived in Samoa, a Pacific Islander Nation with some of the highest rates of chronic disease on our planet. Nearly half of the population in Samoa has diabetes, placing t...
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A couple of weeks before the start of my M1 year at the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS), I remember feeling a huge range of emotions. Of course, I was ecstatic to be coming to such an ama...
![Three people standing at a UM podium in front of a projector screen](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/photo-2-500x389.jpeg?h=ef78be2b&itok=rOAzVWAU)
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LMSA Midwest Conference
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It took me two hours to find my DC Metro card. I had gone out of my way to get a special edition cherry blossom one during my gap years there, and I definitely still had money on it. I was excited to ...
![Aerial view of University of Michigan Health hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-02/large_0011_medical_campus_aerial_0.jpg?h=f394a17d&itok=3gLBr_Ep)
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The Michigan High School Ethics Bowl is an annually judged tournament that challenges high school students to think and discuss ethical cases. The Bowl, held at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, is an o...
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Having always dreamt of going to medical school, I long imagined what my first days would look like: meeting my classmates in lecture, exploring the anatomy lab, and receiving my white coat. I never e...
![A group of medical students pose at White Coat ceremony](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-12/picture_2_-_white_coat_ceremony.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=YpS0fX7g)
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Before coming to the University of Michigan Medical School, I spent three years building the nonprofit organization, Lunar Doula Collective (LDC). After noting the lack of reproductive grief care at m...
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Our first week of medical school at the University of Michigan this past summer, I sat in South Lecture Hall with 163 of my new classmates listening to incredible physicians share their philosophies o...
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Coming into medical school, we knew we wanted to make an impact in the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) community by following our passion for improving equity, representation and inclusio...
![Woman checking the blood pressure of a child in a green shirt](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/image000009-375x500_1.jpeg?h=7dbe6bf1&itok=uKRJji1S)
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After attending Second Look at Michigan (SL@M), it was clear that the University of Michigan Medical School was the place for me to pursue my medical education. However, the beginning of my medical sc...
![Group of people on a picnic blanket showing their artwork](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/medart-1-500x375.jpg?h=2075fdba&itok=9Vp2kemI)
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MedART is a longitudinal art therapy class for medical students at the University of Michigan that creates a space for discussion and creative expression. The program was founded in March 2022 by a gr...