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Six exams in one week, all-nighters reading through Robbins Pathology and Netter Anatomy, community service commitments, research study deadlines, clinical […] Read More

I imagine many people feel the same way I do–that they don’t quite fit in. As an adolescent, I was […] Read More

April 15, 2016 This week marks the end of my first-year “Doctoring” clinical skills course at The Warren Alpert Medical […] Read More

I was a first-year medical student observer at the cancer center shadowing overnight during my winter break. It was 4:00a.m. and I […] Read More

It was my first time interviewing a patient. Standing outside the room, I ran through OLDCARTS in my head, the […] Read More

This had not always been the case for other departments, where health concerns would place a strain on families. Read More

January 8, 2016 After the last exam of our first semester of our first year, we joked that we were […] Read More

I’m sitting in a bustling restaurant on the Upper West Side between two first-year medical students. It’s revisit weekend at […] Read More

It was six months into my first year in medical school, and I was shadowing at the University Hospital with […] Read More

“Thank you for role-playing with me,” said the standardized patient, a hired actor playing the role of a patient in […] Read More