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oping country, you become very aware of the accessibility to health- ternal medicine interns and it remains an integral part of the resi-
care. When you prescribe a medication, you think about the barriers dency program here. After obtaining his master’s in medical educa-
to the patients and whether he or she will be able to afford it.” tion, Dr. Badawy ultimately intends to create a medical education
Dr. Ghumman also believes that living in different environments platform that can be accessed online worldwide for free; a platform
“makes you more tolerant of other ways of life and it enhances you that uses up-to-date materials and cutting-edge learning techniques
as a person.” He adds, “When I was in Pakistan, I saw many patients that would benefit students here and internationally and “help level
with Leishmaniasis. That was why I was able to pick it up quickly the playing field” among all medical students.
when I saw one patient here with this disease.” Like Dr. Badawy, Dr. Ghumman has been an active educator dur-
ing his residency training, giving back to his colleagues and medical
Impact on medical education: students. Dr. Ghumman relishes in teaching, and he dedicates what-
Furthermore, the unique backgrounds of IMGs allows them to ever free time he has to teaching medical students who happen to
contribute significantly to medical education. Among the U.S. aca- rotate with him, in addition to teaching pre-clinical students how to
demic physicians, 18 percent were IMGs, and they hold 15 percent excel on Step 1. On a regular basis, he participates in the third-year
of the full-time medicine professorships. Dr. Badawy theorizes medical student bedside physical exam teaching sessions, one of his
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that studying in a resource-limited educational setting overseas many strong suits. “Having trained in Pakistan with limited diag-
trained him to think of innovative ways to solve problems. During nostic tools, we learned how to maximize the physical exam for di-
his intern year at UTHSA, Dr. Badawy identified a problem: “In agnostic purposes,” Saad states. Saad’s passion for teaching also
general, interns, including myself, did not feel prepared for a lot of prompted him to regularly lead mock megacodes for residents at
the common things you see in the hospital, such as doing med rec- the Veteran Affairs Hospital in San Antonio.
onciliations, putting orders in the EMR, or how to make outpatient For my part, I cannot imagine myself practicing medicine outside
appointments, especially at the beginning.” Therefore, he co- an academic center. Before starting medical school, I tutored indi-
founded the Helping Interns Train (HIT) Team in order to aid in- vidual pre-med students in sciences and for the MCAT. During
terns in transitioning from being medical students to physicians. medical school, I tutored other medical students in physiology, bio-
The HIT team has, indeed, proven to be a hit among UTHSA in- chemistry, and pharmacology. I also taught medical biochemistry to

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