{"id":54251,"date":"2015-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/12\/04\/student-spotlight-meet-clayton-damme\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:07:24","slug":"student-spotlight-meet-clayton-damme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/12\/04\/student-spotlight-meet-clayton-damme\/","title":{"rendered":"Student spotlight: Meet Clayton Damme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Education is one of the four pillars of UNMC&#8217;s mission, and our students are the lifeblood of that aspect of campus life. <\/p>\n<p>In UNMC Today&#8217;s Student Spotlight, we get to know some of these students, who will become tomorrow&#8217;s health care professionals. Today we meet: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Clayton Damme\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Talmage, Neb.\n<li><b>Program\/year:<\/b> Third-year medical student<\/ul>\n<p><b>What sparked your interest in medicine?<\/b><br \/>\nI worked at a small, rural hospital as a CNA throughout high school and in the summers during college. It didn&#8217;t take long for me to realize I loved working with patients and being in the hospital environment. I also volunteered on the rural community rescue squad, where we responded to farm accidents, traumas, heart attacks, etc. I loved helping out with CPR and working to stabilize patients. I came to realize my interest in the heart and lungs and my drive to know exactly what to do when they stop working.<\/p>\n<p><b>List three songs on your playlist.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8220;The Days,&#8221; by Avicii\n<li> &#8220;Chocolate,&#8221; by the 1975\n<li> &#8220;Shooting Stars,&#8221; by Bag Raiders<\/ul>\n<p><b>Favorite study snack:<\/b><br \/>\nMy mom&#8217;s killer trail mixes. One is sweet, and one is salty. Sometimes I even get a package of them in the mail during finals week.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite app:<\/b><br \/>\nGoogle Maps. My directional sense is not a top personal strength.<\/p>\n<p><b>Three things people may not know about you:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My biggest hobby is traveling. I&#8217;ve traveled to 13 countries over the past few years. My favorite destination was Patagonia at the tip of South America.\n<li>I grew up on a farm in southeast Nebraska. We produce hogs, corn and soybeans. When I start feeling like medical school is tough, I kindly remind myself what it was like laying metal irrigation pipe each July. That usually takes care of it.\n<li>I&#8217;m getting married at the end of this semester. My fiancee and I met when we were in high school, but it took about five years after that to convince her to date me. She&#8217;s working on her Ph.D. in school psychology at UNL.<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical student started prepping for health career in high 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