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Doubt went through my mind. Not the “I am so tired of studying, do I really want to do this?” […] Read More

Before the beginning of medical school, most soon-to-be-students experience a creeping anxiety whether they admit it or not. I found […] Read More

Friday 5:30 pm The decision is made to study off campus for an organic chemistry exam. The goal is to […] Read More

I began the eighteen hour journey to Peru on the fourth of July. My second flight took off from Dallas, […] Read More

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