Author: Houda Abdelrahman

Houda Abdelrahman Houda Abdelrahman (2 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences


Houda is an MD candidate at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. A second-year medical student, she writes to keep a curious, fresh perspective on medicine.




Learning to Listen

About eight months into my first year of medical school, an incoming student asked me how to prepare for the upcoming journey. I could relate to the panicked, excited feeling of the duty to prepare for medical school after an intense visit day. Yet, instead of defaulting to my ingrained answer of, “Nothing can prepare you for medical school,” which I believe was not in the student’s interest to hear, I carefully considered her question and answered, “It’s very important to be a good listener.”

Houda Abdelrahman Houda Abdelrahman (2 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences


Houda is an MD candidate at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. A second-year medical student, she writes to keep a curious, fresh perspective on medicine.