Summer Reading Suggestions from Dr. J

Greetings, All!

Summer is *finally* here! Time for pre-health students to catch a little break, gain some health care experiences, maybe take a summer class or even a vacation. It is also a great time to start looking into things that are happening in the world of health care. During the regular semester, it is hard to get away from all of your obligations like coursework, serving student organizations, class projects, and family life, but keeping up with health care news is important for staying current in the field where you want to build your career. There are lots of great news outlets that can help you catch up and stay current in the rapidly changing field of health care. Below are some suggestions, both from me, your neighborhood friendly Pre-Health Pathways Advisor, and from other pre-health advisors across the country who post on a top-secret pre-health advisors forum that I frequent.

Below are the top summer reading suggestions for students interested in health professions:

• Shots: Health News from NPR -- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots

• Goats & Soda: Stories of Life in a Changing World (a global health and development blog) -- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/

• The Salt: What’s on Your Plate? (a health and nutrition blog) -- https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/

• CDC Global Health in the News -- https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/inthenews.htm

• Our Global Voices (CDC’s global health blog) -- https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/

• Global Health Now’s Essential News and Views in Global Health (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) -- https://www.globalhealthnow.org/

• In-Training: The agora of the medical student community (an online, peer-reviewed publication written by medical students for medical students) -- https://in-training.org/

Happy Reading!

~Dr. J