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Going from student to medical doctor. The pathway to medicine with Abel Edossa and Dr. Oluwatoyin Weaver

Author(s): Megan Seifert

Headwaters Science Institute

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In this "lunch with a Scientist" episode, we interviewed a medical student and medical doctor to help us understand the path to medicine. Becoming a medical doctor is a very daunting task but with the right resources, students can find their way…

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In this "lunch with a Scientist" episode, we interviewed a medical student and medical doctor to help us understand the path to medicine. Becoming a medical doctor is a very daunting task but with the right resources, students can find their way onto the path a bit easier. This resource is great if you have students interested in going into medicine and are struggling with deciding what to major in, what the time commitment is, what the prerequisites for med school are, and what life after medical school is like.

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Version 1.0 - published on 31 May 2022 doi:10.25334/Z4YG-7993 - cite this

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Dr. Oluwatoyin (Toyin) Weaver was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in London, Ontario Canada. She attended St Lawrence University and is a 2008 graduate of Upstate Medical University. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Albany Medical Center where she served as chief resident. She is currently a board-certified Family Medicine physician in Reno, NV where she works as an urgent care physician and has been on the front lines of testing and treating patients with COVID-19.

She has 13 years of experience and her specialties include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, wound care, hospitalist medicine and urgent care.  She is also a Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

Abel Edossa, is 24 years old and a first-year medical student at UNR Med. He was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and went up to UNR for my college where he majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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