Aspiring Docs Diaries

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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 14, 2016

What Really Prepared Me for the Practice of Medicine

Molly Markowitz

I recently found myself in the midst of my first rotation of medical school, outpatient internal medicine. Excited, and honestly […] 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

Nov 28, 2016

Make Time for Fun

Robert Dorfman

I wake up with sweat streaming down my face after another “salsa” dream. It is always the same; I elegantly […] Read More

Nov 21, 2016

Comparison is the Thief of Joy

Emily Newton

Once you’ve decided to embark on the journey to medical school, it’s only natural to be curious about what other […] Read More

Nov 15, 2016

Letter to a Future Doctor

Rafid Rahman

Dear Future Doctor, Please remember. Remember what it feels like to be a patient. Remember the pain, remember the anguish […] Read More

Nov 10, 2016

A Work in Progress

Christina Hughey

My second rotation as a third year medical student was internal medicine. Unlike my first clerkship, family medicine, internal medicine […] Read More

Nov 7, 2016

The Physician’s Pen

Jacqueline Suttin

Becoming a medical scribe for an Emergency Physician has taught me more about medicine, about passion, and most importantly about […] 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

Oct 24, 2016

De-Mystifying the Grey

Ogochukwu Ezeoke

“There’s no such thing as all or always, for everything there is an exception,” said Dr. Jerrold Teitcher, Director of […] Read More