The PNWU Health Blog offers insight and first-hand accounts of life here at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.
It includes contributions from current and former PNWU medical students, physicians and various members of an ever-expanding community aimed at highlighting care for the rural and underserved. If you have any questions, comments, concerns or ideas, or if you’d like to pitch a blog idea of your own, please contact us at publicity@pnwu.edu.
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of our collective lives, a sea of questions flooded into the minds of medical professionals everywhere: How will this virus impact the lives of my patients? Will I get sick? Will my work jeopardize the health of those around me?
For student doctor Anne Keeling (PNWU OMS IV), one echoing question continues to drown out all others: How can I help?
Read More“Today, every single aspect of our medical education has changed, creating a community of trailblazers forced to endure the unknown.”
Third-year medical student Polly Wiltz blog offers an eye-opening glimpse into the impact that COVID-19 is having on our future healthcare leaders.
Read MoreResidency interviews are stressful enough. Add in the uncertainty that accompanies ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, and you’ve got a recipe for stress-induced disaster.
In anticipation of virtual residency interviews, PNWU’s Director of Graduate Medical Education offers tips for maximizing success during this unprecedented time.
Read MoreFourth-year PNWU osteopathic medical student Sienna Laughton suggests 10 simple exercises which promote health and the body’s ability to fight COVID-19.
Read MoreWhen the founding director of PNWU’s emerging Doctor of Physical Therapy program arrived on campus nearly a year ago, she did so prepared to overcome any obstacles that stood between our university and a new, premier health sciences program. Still, nothing could have prepared her for a global pandemic.
Reflecting on the past year, Dr. Peggy Trueblood’s blog illustrates some of the immense challenges that have accompanied COVID-19, and offers insight into how this pandemic will be used to shape the next generation of physical therapists.
Read MoreAfter graduating as a member of our Class of 2017, Dr. Angela Lightner offers advice to the latest crop of PNWU graduates as they prepare to enter into their residencies.
Read MoreGrowing up in Ukraine, Dr. Ulyanan Dashkevych fell in love with science at an early age, but lacked a blueprint for how to apply that love into a career.
In her first appearance on the PNWU Health Blog, Dr. Dashkevych reflects on her early inspirations, and recalls the journey she took to become a first-generation physician.
Read MoreOn Saturday, May 16, Jenna Cacchillo’s dream of becoming a doctor came true. In the wake of a global pandemic, however, the realization of that lifelong dream played out much differently than she’d always imagined.
Read MoreLike so many others, PNWU second-year medical student Tavleen Aulakh has struggled with the impacts of social distancing.
In her first appearance on the Health Blog, Aulakh recounts her recent battles with self-doubt and anxiety, and provides readers with a message that has helped to encourage her to continue moving forward.
Read MoreIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Rica Amity found herself feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and disoriented. In other words, she found herself experiencing many of the challenges she addresses each day as PNWU’s Learning Skills Specialist.
A reflection of those emotions, Dr. Amity’s first blog appearance reads like an intimate conversation on accepting our circumstances and achieving our true potentials in this unprecedented time.
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