Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Jun 24, 2015

Perspectives on the End Stages of Life

Dharam Persaud-Sharma

In a way, many of us are searching for the same thing: Who are we, where do we come from […] Read More

Jun 18, 2015

Studying for Step 1

Tehreem Rehman

I don’t think I have ever studied this hard for an exam before. I thought that as soon as the […] Read More

Jun 15, 2015

The Code

Ogochukwu Ezeoke

I woke up that morning to loud quacking, the sound of my alarm clock. It was 5:30AM on a Saturday […] Read More

Jun 1, 2015

An Undocumented Student’s Road to Medicine

Seung Jin Lee

I vaguely remember a night in Seoul, South Korea in June of 1998; I was born there seven years earlier. […] Read More

May 28, 2015

Imprinted on the Heart

Tee Griscom

To a young man, I left school after morning classes were finished and arrived home expecting to take a short […] Read More

May 20, 2015

66 laps (plus a little extra)

Originally published in the USC School of Medicine Greenville blog Transforming Medical School Stroll the halls of USC SOMG and […] Read More

May 18, 2015

My “Why Healthcare” Moment

Ngozi Ihenacho

Standing in front of the Grady Hospital entrance on my first day of volunteering, I looked up at the sky […] Read More

Apr 27, 2015

Life does not stop the day you decide to become a doctor

Sarah Mongiello Bernstein

An earlier version of this post was originally published on KevenMD My brother wears a scar around his neck. It […] Read More

Apr 20, 2015

In a relationship, and it’s complicated.

Olivia Lacny

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I always answer this question in the exact same way. […] Read More

Apr 6, 2015

The Long Road to Medical School

Caronae Howell

I spent the first 21 years of my life telling anyone and everyone I met that I was not going […] Read More