Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Jun 19, 2017

The Patient Patient

Ogochukwu Ezeoke

In medical school, you only get one summer break, between your first and second years, and it’s recommended that you […] Read More

Jun 12, 2017

Disparities in Dermatology

Faradia Kernizan

On April 5th, I went to the Maryland Dermatological Society meeting at Johns Hopkins. It was the first time I’d […] Read More

Jun 5, 2017

Commencement

Jason Han

My classmates and I recently celebrated what will likely be our final graduation. We are now doctors. Working to become […] Read More

May 30, 2017

People Helping People

Munir Buhaya

I wanted to write about networking, so, in preparation, I did an exercise in which I sketched my professional network […] Read More

May 22, 2017

The Importance of Research

Jacqueline Suttin

When I transferred to my university in the fall, I immediately started joining groups that focused on my interests in […] Read More

May 11, 2017

The Step 1 Shuffle

Luis Seija

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether med school is the source of my problems or if it’s just the vehicle […] Read More

May 8, 2017

The Creativity of Medicine

Anokhi Saklecha

In hindsight I attempted to mold myself into a one-sided, cookie-cutter version of the premed stereotype, losing sight of my true self. Read More

Apr 24, 2017

Reading as a Pre-Med

Weston Eldridge

I recently visited the medical school I’ll be attending in the fall with several of my soon-to-be classmates. We were […] Read More

Apr 17, 2017

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Jessica Prescott

It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean the time of year when some of us have to […] Read More

Apr 10, 2017

When Psychiatry Transforms

Christina Hughey

 “You meet a new person, you go with him and suddenly you get a whole new city. You go down […] Read More