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Oct 2025
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Med School Stereotypes Shattered: What W...

The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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Turns out medical students are regular humans who happen to need to memorize the Krebs cycle. We’ve all got that mental image of medical students – the type-A perfectionists grinding through textbooks even on the porcelain throne, right? Well, our first-year medical students at Iowa are about to blow up every assumption you’ve ever had. Turns out the people ... Show More
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