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A doctor and a nurse perform a newborn blood screening, circa 1983. . The Heritage College Medicine’s Pathway to a Healthy Pregnancy program helps provide care, support and education to Medicaid-eligible pregnant mothers. . #throwbackthursday #throwbackthursday #tbt #CareLeadsHere #vintage #medschool #medstudent #ohiouniversity #ouhcom #pregnancy #newbornscreening #pathwaystohealthypregnancy . (photograph @ouhcom)

In high school, I had no interest in the military; it wasn't something that was on my list of possibilities. I was just going to see the world. So, I left home, but my adventures didn’t last long and I ended up back home. As I was trying to figure out the next part of life, I was lying in bed and a military ad came on the radio. . I joined the army as a linguist. I would listen in on conversations and jam conversations and things like that. I was stationed at the Allied Defense Language Institute in San Francisco, and then ended up in Germany, and was there when the Berlin Wall came down. . After 24 years of being discharged, I started working with Ohio University. I was with the HCOM communications office, before they switched me to the research office. . Today, I work with Primary Care Research and assist in all stages of research from idea development, design, to grant writing, funds, recruitment of subjects—basically, all phases of a research project. . The military lessons I most apply in my current position have to do with teamwork. In addition, my experience helped assist with The Veterans’ Project. . The military prepared me for life. It provided discipline, structure, and to be goal-oriented. It helped me learn how much I can endure and remain strong. . Moreover, I think there are commonalities between the military and med school students. It is difficult and demanding. A person must have discipline in terms of learning. And from what I've seen, the med students’ bond in the same way that a lot of the military personnel do. You share a unique experience, which others don't fully identify. . I think mainly the students who come here, they have that strong sense of altruism and giving back. There might be some students who are in it to make a lot of money, but more students are involved because they believe they're making the world a better place. And I think that a sense of service gives them a sense of purpose and value in life and I think it's vital. . Lisa Forster, Senior Community Research Project Manager; Veteran E4 Military Intelligence in Army . #HumansofOUHCOM#careleadshere#veteran #veteranshelpingveterans . (photograph @justsrijita)

Earlier this week our SNMA student organization supported the Medical Student for a Day event at our Dublin campus. . They also worked with community partner Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services (ETSS) to bring in 40 Columbus City Schools high school students of many different immigrant and refugee backgrounds on their professional development day. . The activity took the students through a case, into the anatomy lab, through CTAC to rotate through stations, provided a lunch time admissions presentation, and finished the case before taking every student for a group photograph. . #careleadshere #medicalstudents #ouhcom#ohiouniversity #healthcare#clinicalskills#ETSS #SNMA #columbuscityschools #anatomy #CTAC . (photographs @andyspear)

A Heritage College student takes the oath to join the United States military, circa 1982. . #throwbackthursday #throwbackthursday #tbt #CareLeadsHere #vintage #medschool #medstudent #ohiouniversity #ouhcom #military #oath #physician . (photograph @ouhcom)

Watch this site! . We’ve broken ground for our new medical education facility on Union Street in Athens, and in the coming months, the site will be transformed into a custom-built center of learning and collaboration for students, staff and faculty. . #CareLeadsHere #OhioUniversity#OUHCOM #medschool #osteopathic #donleysinc . (photographs @facun)

I grew up privileged. So, I believe if you have the privilege to live a stress-free life and not worry about social economic status, then it's your job to help others. And, I think being a physician is just a small part of the whole job. . This past summer, after one year in med school, a friend and I taught at a women’s prison in Ohio. . I remember standing in front of a group of women feeling overwhelmed; they were old enough to be our mothers, and them telling us that they see doctors as someone scary, because people who are incarcerated are not that respected. . It was frustrating to hear what they had been through. This specific segment of population are forgotten and seeing how grateful they were for these classes was very humbling. Even though these women had gone through so much, my friend and I were happy to be treated as if we were their daughters. . It was my clinical education that allowed me to get there, a lot of the things that we do to get into med school and into residency are academic requirements. But, taking a step back to remember my time at the prison; which ended up being one of the best experiences in med school, I hope to do those kinds of things often, because it makes me happy. . When I'm a doctor, I don't want to spend every hour of every day in a clinic. I think I’ve found my patient population and hopefully, I can both see patients and also do other things like teach - and also bridge those two things. . Aiesha Polakampalli, OMS-II; Future Physicians for Patients, Co-President; Behind the White Coat, Co-Founder . #HumansofOUHCOM#careleadshere#ouhcom#ohiouniversity#osteopathicmedicine#medstudent #ouhcomlife #prisons #incarcerations #education . (photograph @justsrijita)

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