{"id":113366,"date":"2024-08-09T09:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=113366"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:10:52","slug":"medical-student-of-the-month-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/08\/09\/medical-student-of-the-month-august-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical student of the month, August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><strong>Name:&nbsp;<\/strong>Kayley Anderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Omaha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Class of: <\/strong>2025, but now 2026. (I&#8217;m taking a year off to get my MPH at the University of California-Berkeley)<strong><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Education:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BA, English, Creighton University, Omaha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS, neuroscience and biology, Creighton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hobbies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crocheting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sand volleyball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reading<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watching old sci-fi movies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you do to stay balanced?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to take time to be with my dog, Cleo, outside or doing something active with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What led you to medicine? <\/strong>I have worked and\/or volunteered in the recreation therapy department at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for the past 10 years. My experiences there working alongside children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities is what drove me to pursue a career in medicine. They are my biggest supporters, my favorite people to take study breaks with and, most importantly, my friends. My goal is to make health care a more accessible and inclusive space for my friends and others who share their experience. As part of this goal, I am currently working on an initiative to redesign the UNMC College of Medicine&#8217;s disability curriculum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Three&nbsp;things&nbsp;people may not know about me: &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I work as a court-appointed special advocate, or CASA, for kids in foster care through Douglas County. As a CASA, I am assigned a case and work with each child to understand their wants and needs so I can relay them to the court. This helps give kids an active voice in the courtroom and during their experience in the foster care system.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My favorite things to learn about, outside of medicine, are Mesozoic Era sea reptiles. (Think \u201cJurassic Park,\u201d but in the ocean.) Did you know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/animal\/pliosaur\">pliosaurs<\/a> are thought to have had sensory pits on their snouts that allowed them to detect pressure changes in water?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I am a published poet and was an English major as an undergraduate.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"OdOd jSEBuoZP Rh  UQJD py X wxu\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kayley Anderson&#8217;s experiences at the Munroe-Meyer Institute led her into the medical 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