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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

In a little over a month, I will have completed my Masters in Public Health (MPH). Time truly flew by. […] Read More

Read Part 1 of this piece here. The Questions All of my interviews were one-on-one, thirty to sixty minute sessions […] Read More

Don't choose a specialty just because it makes lots of money, has a short residency, or because you can work shift hours. Read More

For months after my college graduation I had been struggling with what to do with my future. I was continually […] Read More

Every week, for two hours, I am granted reprieve from the hard sciences and voluminous textbooks traditionally associated with the […] Read More

Growing up, I was a sickly child, with the fear of hospitals and latex gloves. I associated them with pain, […] Read More

My interview days were some of the best days in the entire med school admissions process. They were exhilarating, exhausting, […] Read More

We were barely on time to the assisted living home – arriving at the wrong entrance had not helped – […] Read More