Medical
A doctor who specializes in the care of children from birth to adolescence.
What is a pediatrician?
This historic landmark on campus, a clocktower, is one of the university’s most iconic symbols.
What is Founder's Library?
The national certification exam all PA graduates must pass.
What is the PANCE (Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam)?
I volunteer in the emergency department at MedStar Washington Hospital.
Who is Tori-Ann Collier?
This imaging technique uses magnets and radio waves to create detailed pictures of the inside of the body.
What is an MRI?
This residence hall is one of the oldest and most historic dorms on campus, especially for women.
What is Harriet Tubman Quadrangle (the Quad)?
A PA working in dermatology might perform this procedure to remove suspicious skin tissue.
What is a biopsy?
I did my clinical shadowing at Dana Farber and got my phlebotomy certificate
Who is Christina Copeland?
This Howard University–trained physician pioneered modern methods of storing and transporting this life-saving fluid.
Who is Dr. Charles R. Drew?
This Howard alum was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The majority of PAs in the United States are trained as this type of generalist.
What is a primary care provider?
I shallowed 4 specialties in one summer.
Who is Iyanda Hilton?
The largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
Before becoming the first Black president of Howard in 1926, this man was a preacher and scholar who expanded Howard’s global influence.
Who is Mordecai Wyatt Johnson?
The abbreviation “H&P” refers to this essential patient evaluation skill.
What is History and Physical?
I completed a research project concerning how additives found in nicotine products affect the anxiety found in an rodent model
Who is Olivia Colquhoun?
This infectious disease was eradicated worldwide by 1980 thanks to vaccines.
What is smallpox?
The Blackburn Center on campus is named after this former dean of men who supported Howard student activism.
Who is Richard Lynch Blackburn?
The professional organization representing PAs in the United States.
What is the AAPA (American Academy of Physician Associates)?
I did stitches on a dog’s leg at Friendship Veterinary Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Who is Gabrielle Taylor?