Hermanos y Hermanas

Being Latinx in medical school is a unique experience. Whether you're a child of immigrants, first in your family to pursue medicine, or just missing home, navigating this training path alone can be hard. Hermanos y Hermanas, a student-run program at Feinberg School of Medicine, offers a supportive community and valuable mentoring opportunities for Latinx-identifying students. The program operates through “structured” and “unstructured” programming.

Unstructured Programming

• Subsidized one-on-one check-ins with an assigned M2 hermano/a
• “El Merendero” snack pop-ups, featuring small Latinx bakeries serving foods across Latin America
• Community dinners celebrating major milestones (e.g., first Phase 1 block completion, entry into Dedicated Study Time)

Structured Programming

• Resident and Faculty Lunch Spotlights
• Emails for each module with advice from older Latinx students
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) I and II mock sessions at the Outpatient Simulation Center
• Panels, covering topics including studying in medical school, third party resources and choosing an Area of Scholarly Concentration (AOSC)

Join Hermanos y Hermanas

Those interested in joining Hermanos y Hermanas should contact our office: diversitymed@northwestern.edu.