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An attending once told me that a being a good medical student is like having good aim at a shooting […] Read More

Last October, I went to a financial aid workshop in which one of the speakers asked us to make a […] Read More

As I walk past the ever growing line of pregnant mothers and young children, I see a sign marked “Obstetricia” […] Read More

Lately, there seems to be a lot of negativity surrounding the practice of medicine. From the staggering student debt, to […] Read More

“You’ll be fine, don’t worry.” Everyone kept saying that. It was the morning of our first medical school exam, and […] Read More

I sat in the clinic waiting room working on multiplication problems while patients waited to see my parents. At nine, […] Read More

As pre-med students we are expected to achieve a great deal. We need to have a multitude of community service […] Read More

I live in Chicago, which means I own many coats. I have a coat for when summer fades to fall, […] Read More

Packing up a suitcase every 5 to 10 weeks and moving everything you anticipate you’ll need is the lifestyle of […] Read More

As an experienced student observer in the cancer hospital, I could tell there was something different about this patient. His […] Read More