Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories: Why Medicine?

Dec 2, 2021

Diary of a Med Student

Catherine Banh

During my first week of medical school I was excited, but also scared. I was scared that someone would realize […] Read More

Apr 15, 2021

When Screening Fails

Mary McGrath

I sat listening as the lecturer instructed us about “PSAs.” In my former life – that is, the one before […] Read More

Jan 13, 2021

A Personal Plea to Premeds

Trisha Kaundinya

When I was in college, I was in a premed “bubble” a lot of the time. I took many of […] Read More

Oct 28, 2020

The Power to Heal

Nia Carty

First-year medical students often underestimate the impact they can have on patients. I realized this back when I was a […] Read More

Sep 4, 2020

Coping During a Crisis: COVID-19’s Impact on Medical Students

Polly Wiltz

As spring break started in early March of this year, many of my second-year peers ventured off into various corners […] Read More

Jul 1, 2020

The Same City, a Different Perspective

Patrick Samones

It was my second week of medical school at UC Riverside School of Medicine. I was drawn to UCR for […] Read More

Nov 13, 2019

Humanism in Medicine

Dharam Persaud-Sharma

When did it become okay to look the other way, cut corners or treat people like a commodity? Never in […] Read More

Jan 2, 2018

A Dose of Compassion

Emil Baftirovski

Before I wanted to become a physician, I was a foolish 12-year-old who believed that I was going to become […] Read More

Mar 27, 2017

Cultural Competence in Healthcare

Faradia Kernizan

After I graduated from college, I was unsure whether I wanted to be a physician. I worked as a Baltimore […] Read More

Dec 19, 2016

How Shadowing Pulled Me into Medicine

Weston Eldridge

In my junior year of high school, each student in my Biomedical Research class had to give a presentation on […] Read More

Dec 12, 2016

Practice Kindness

Belle Pace

I remember the day I first wanted to be a doctor. There was a traditional event that the fourth grade […] Read More

Oct 31, 2016

Family First

Robert Dorfman

Becoming a doctor is HUGE for a boy growing up in a Russian family – far more impressive than even […] Read More