Kimberly Acosta, checks the heartbeat of a simulated infant, June 19, 2024, as Dr. Jeremy Daigle looks on at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
The students partnered with doctors to practice IV placement, intubation, CPR, AED use among other skills in the simulation lab of the hospital. “It was just this moment that let me know that there was no mentoring in the community,” Conway said. “There was no resources, not in every community, but definitely not in this community, because this was a kid that wanted more.”Tiffany Hicks, a Loyola graduate, was pursuing a public health degree before she discovered I Am Abel. Now, Hicks will be a first year medical student in the fall.
“I don’t think I would have gotten through if I didn’t have Dr. Conway to really, like help kind of guide me through because I hadn’t seen a position with a person of color,” Hicks said. Conway said each year, those that choose the mentorship program participate in Saturday Morning Professor, where Chicago-based doctors teach the students clinical skills they will use both in the field and while pursuing their degree.
According to a 2022 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the majority of physicians in the U.S., 63.9%, are white.
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