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Q & A with alumni Abigail Jakubec
Abigail Jakubec, a medical humanities major from Marble Falls, Texas, graduated from Baylor and is currently completing her second year of medical school at Texas A&M University.
Q: When and why did you decide to go into the medical field? I attended a science-based high school when medicine entered into my life as a possible future career. But I didn’t decide beyond a shadow of a doubt that medicine was where I belonged until the end of my junior year at Baylor. It is one of the things that I am most grateful to my medical humanities degree for. Thanks to my exposure to the medical field through my classes and professors, I was able to make an informed decision about my future, with knowledge of both the positive as well as the negative aspects.
Q: How did you become involved with the Med-
ical Humanities Program at Baylor? On a visit to Baylor’s campus, I had a discussion with an admissions counselor who told me a bit about the major as a possibility. At the time, I was planning on entering as a biology pre-med major, but medical humanities sounded so much more fascinating that it was hard to resist. Little did I know the impact that decision would have on my life.
Q: Can you remember a specific course or les-
son that you learned within the medical humanities department that resonated with you? One that seems to really characterize the heart of the Medical Humanities Program occurred the first day of my first medical humanities class. Dr. Lauren 8
By David Prindle Photo Credit: Abigail Jakubec