Student Corner: Laura Keehan
Laura Keehan, a third-year medical student at Baylor, has been passionate about working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for a long time.
Laura Keehan, a third-year medical student at Baylor, has been passionate about working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for a long time.
Fourth-year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine did not let a pandemic stop them from safely celebrating Match Day 2021. Match Day, held Friday, March 19, at medical schools across the country, marks the culmination of the annual National Resident Matching Program that pairs fourth-year medical students with residency programs throughout the nation.
For medical students serving in the military, matching into a residency program occurs earlier than the civilian match. This year, two fourth-year medical students at Baylor participated in the military match.
Baylor’s School of Health Professions held its commencement ceremony Dec. 5, the second virtual graduation for the College this year following the June ceremony for the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the educational trajectory of medical students when it first began. While students nationwide were not able to participate in the clinical learning environment due to the unknown disease, two Baylor medical students took the initiative to learn more about the response and what they could do in the ongoing pandemic.