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From time to time we encounter situations in our undergrad years that make us question our capabilities. Sometimes I think […] Read More

Glancing down at her wristband, I saw that we were nearly the same age. Her dark wavy hair was sprawled […] Read More

Having doubts but then coming back more determined has, in a way, made medicine that much more special for me. Read More

Accepted. That’s what we really want to hear; it’s a common goal for all humans. To belong to a group […] Read More

My heart hurts. Sometimes I find it hard to reconcile all the beauty in this world with all the hatred […] Read More

My third year of medical school began with a family medicine outpatient clinic clerkship, which is quite a different setting […] Read More

I shifted uncomfortably in the abrasive, starched, blue hospital gown. The sheets were itchy. The pillow was lumpy. There was […] Read More

I do not believe in luck, but I do consider myself to be incredibly fortunate. I have a good family, […] Read More

Tuesday, May 24th 2016 My alarm went off at 4:00am, a loud, obnoxious, quacking sound that never failed to wake […] Read More

Sitting on my kitchen floor, I was curled up in tears over the sight of the cake I was making […] Read More