The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Student Publication
Alexandra Cooke
Alexandra Cooke is a first-year medical student at The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. She graduated in 2013 from UA with bachelor degrees in physiology and international studies. This self-proclaimed global health nerd and news junkie can commonly be found downtown exploring local coffee shops and bookstores or out dancing ballroom or swing with friends. In the future, Alexandra hopes to incorporate her passions (somehow) into her medical career and be able to empower patients. She is one of the co-chairs of the Medical Ethics Interest Group.
September Question: In September, our issue was focused on Suicide Awareness Month. Let’s review: Note from the Editors-in-Chief: September was Suicide Awareness Month. As such, this issue’s question was themed around physician suicide, an issue which already has...
“How are babies made?” That may be a question to give any parent of a five-year-old palpitations on the spot. However, after lectures about the emerging technologies surrounding in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and reproductive medicine, I realized the...
Likely, all of us in middle school or high school had to take an art class—a drama class, band, or art class maybe. Believe it or not, I thought I was awful at all of those; my doodling...
A terminally ill patient is seen by a colleague in your group practice after hospitalization for pneumonia. The patient has metastatic cancer and COPD, and he is currently on a ventilator. He has been seeing your group for...
As the election year rages on, many people are learning that the United States is a diverse, multicultural nation. In the 2014 census, approximately 20% of the US population identified as African American, Native American, Asian, or Pacific...
