I can’t believe it’s time!!
Hi Uro Community! I’m Ashley-Ann Walker, a 4th year medical student at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. I’ll be participating in urology
#match2025
. I have a passion for global medicine 🌎 + medical education📚!
#StreamTeam
#UroSoMe
Best compliment ever as a sub-I: the OR nurse at my home institution started to do a timeout after I draped and set up the cystoscope because she thought I was already a resident 🥹🥹
Part of the
@jasonryanmd
fan club! B&B got me through my first two years of medical school! Thank you for being a great advocate and teacher of medical education!
#AMEE2024
#AAMC2024
I’m so lucky to have found my dream specialty 🥹 every day of my Sub-I, I am excited to learn, interact with patients, and connect with residents/attendings!
#UroSoMe
#Match2025
I am so incredibly blessed to be elected to both AOA and GHHS at
@siusom
. I have some extraordinary mentors and leaders, and without them, this wouldn’t be possible!
On my way to Basel, Switzerland to present my
#medicaleducation
research at
@AMEE_community
!! My co-presenter and I worked so hard on this project and it is an honor to be representing
@siusom
! Updates to come 😊📖👩🏫
So very grateful to my peers and faculty for electing me into the Gold Humanism Honor Society! I am looking forward to continuing to promote and embody humanism in medicine. ⭐️
Just finished up my first away rotation!
It was so inspiring being around such talented and compassionate residents + attendings at
@LoyolaUrology
! Next stop,
@USFUrology
. Can’t wait to get started! (hurricane Helene pls don’t sweep my car away 😭)
Winding down my last few days on my home sub-I and WOW I have learned so much. I’m so fortunate to be learning from the INCREDIBLE residents and attendings
@SIU_URO_RES
I’ll miss you all during my upcoming aways 💜🍆🤍
It’s always intimidating rolling with the big dogs at massive medical education conferences, but it’s absolutely worth the anxiety so that students’ voices can be heard in order to shape the future of medical education!
You can take the girl out the city but you can’t take the city out of the girl!
So excited to be returning to my home, the Chicagoland area, and get started at
@LoyolaUrology
for my first away rotation!
#AMEE2024
We would love to have you join us in the Shanghai Room between 4-5:30 to listen to our short communication presentation to explore programmatic assessment and its effects on stereotype threat.
Love celebrating the
@siusom
department of surgery graduates— will absolutely miss our graduating residents
@MeganMcMurray
and
@AdamJenksMD
Glad to be welcoming our fellow Dr. Buettner to the faculty this fall!
@SIU_URO_RES
Thank you World Affairs Council of Central Illinois for hosting us Wednesday night! Our Central America themed dinner was delicious and very fitting for our Global Health Interest Group/global brigades presentation! We had a fantastic time meeting you all.
Stepping into the world of
#MedTwitter
! Hi everyone, my name is Ashley-Ann Walker. I am a 3rd year medical student at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. I am interested in urology and have a passion for global medicine as well as medical education!
What an extraordinary trip! Thank you so much to the SIU Department of Medical Education for sponsoring this trip. Thank you to my mentors Dr. Klamen & Dr. Cianciolo. And thank you to Djamina E., my OUTSTANDING co-presenter! Mamy thanks to
@AMEE_community
for believing in us!
Another medical education conference in the books📘👩🏫! S/o to the (self-proclaimed😉) dream team and our incredible mentor, Dr. Deb Klamen.
Also, so glad to cheer my roommate on while she presented her poster!
#WomenInMedicine
#MedicalEducation
#SIUmedicine
So excited to announce that I am the recipient of SIU’s 2024 Distinguished Student Service Award! This award recognizes, honors, and celebrates the contributions of students that demonstrate excellent and exemplary commitment to their campus and community! I am elated!