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Feeling Seen in Medical School with Rose Wascher

PAMED Talks

PAMED Talks
Feeling Seen in Medical School with Rose Wascher
Jul 02, 2026
Pennsylvania Medical Society

In this episode of PAMED Talks, Julie Heaney speaks with Rose Wascher, first-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and 2026 Lycoming County Medical Society scholarship recipient. Rose shares the complexity of being a first generation medical student, the hidden support of financial assistance like scholarships, and how being a patient informed her path toward becoming a health care professional. 

The Foundation's Student Financial Services area administers yearly scholarship programs to deserving medical students from Pennsylvania. Scholarship applications are accepted July 1st through September 30th of each year. Notifications are made in November, and funds are disbursed directly to the medical school in December. Visit foundationpamedsoc.org/scholarships to apply!

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