Maraya Camazine, a third-year medical student at the University of Missouri, had long anticipated schmoozing with others in her field at the big conference of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma held every September.

“Your third year is essentially your last chance to make good impressions on people,” says the 28-year-old. “All of these trauma surgeons go to the same conferences every year, and so as a med student your goal is to find a research mentor, go with them and then meet all of these doctors and be…

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