What They Saw Before the White Coat

Six TouroCOM Students on the Moments That Changed How They Thought About Medicine

September 22, 2026

Long waits for doctors in Lakewood. A mother going through chemotherapy. Patients struggling to communicate in the exam room. A frightening emergency at home. For these TouroCOM students, medicine became real well before the first day of medical school. Those experiences continue to influence how they think about patients, their communities and the doctors they want to become.

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