Sara Skoog

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Sara Skoog started college as pre-med, switched her major to English and has spent 20+ years writing about medical education and health care. Hobbies include baking, crosswords and not watching sports.

Health & Well-Being
Getting Into Character
Standardized patients’ acting skills play an essential role in medical education.
By Sara Skoog • July 1, 2026
Health & Well-Being
Through Dad’s Eyes
Spend some time in a dementia patient’s skin, as Sara Skoog did when she donned VR goggles in the Empathy Lab.
By Sara Skoog • July 1, 2026
Health & Well-Being
Walking the Well-Trodden Path
A Clinical Counseling program student and a high-school student discuss their Virtual Mentor Program (VMP) connection.
By Sara Skoog • July 1, 2026
Health & Well-Being
House Calls
CMS students are assigned to one of four learning communities (LC), or “houses” in a way akin to a Hogwarts sorting-hat process.
By Sara Skoog • March 12, 2026
Health & Well-Being
Team Players
Two faculty members chat about their RFU-wide interprofessional approach to a recent clinical research study.
By Sara Skoog • March 12, 2026
Research & Innovation
This Is Your Brain on Stress
What exactly is happening in the brain when we are stressed, and why do we react the way we do?
By Sara Skoog • November 21, 2025