The Student Perspective: Creativity in Medicine

From studying powerpoint slides to UWorld questions, healthcare training doesn’t always leave room for creativity—and students notice. In parts 1 and 2 of our series on creativity in medicine, we’ve seen that creativity means something different to everyone, and our individual creativity is by definition unique and personal. For part 3, we wanted to hear how healthcare students specifically stay creative in this field, so we asked our classmates and friends to submit recordings telling or showing us why creativity is important to them. This episode features Andrea Rossman (MS2, Medical College of Wisconsin), Jake Khoussine (MS3, UWSMPH), Claire Beamish (MS3, UWSMPH), Meaghan Kenfield (MS3, UWSMPH), Jonathan Alicea (MS3, University of Puerto Rico), Rashea Minor (VM3, UWSMPH), Quynh Nguyen, (MS1, UWSMPH), Christie Cheng (MS3, UWSMPH), Rufus Sweeney (MS3, UWSMPH), and Nithin Charlly (MS3, UWSMPH) on creativity in healthcare education. Check out our instagram page at @wbyit_uwsmph to see some of the creative works discussed in this episode.