Stephanie Balint

My name is Stephanie Balint and I am an M2 at Quinnipiac University in CT. Prior to medical school, I worked as an EMT, National Guard Healthcare Specialist, ED RN and now APRN, so I applied to medical school specifically to become an ED physician. Despite being in the emergency environment for so long, I have never lost my enthusiasm for the specialty. I applied to be RAMS Medical Student Representative to work on EM projects and help foster enthusiasm for the specialty among my peers. The position afforded me the opportunity to do just that. I have had so much fun working on EM projects, finding opportunities to share with my peers, and support the wonderful people I have been able to work with over the past year as RAMS Medical Student Representative. I was able to work on projects related to women’s health in EM, participate in the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Taskforce, the #StopTheStigmaEM campaign, a video on workplace violence, and Pulse articles about moral injury as well as spaced repetition in learning. I would like to continue working on projects like these and continue to learn from the SAEM and RAMS Board leaders from whom I have learned so much this past year.