Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Jul 10, 2017

Untold Sacrifices

Rafid Rahman

Sacrifice. What does it truly mean? Why do we do it? As future doctors, we’ll be asked to sacrifice time, […] Read More

Jul 5, 2017

Choosing My Specialty

Luke Burns

I have wanted to be a pediatrician since before I started medical school. I was the first to sign up […] Read More

Jun 26, 2017

Dear Struggling Student,

Mytosha Dickerson

As a non-traditional pre-med who is also a wife and mother, and has a host of other titles, I sometimes […] Read More

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