Aspiring Docs Diaries

All Stories

Nov 5, 2014

Do What You Love

Lindsey McAlarnen

I’ve recently been given the same piece of advice from three different physicians, so I feel it is worth reflecting […] Read More

Oct 29, 2014

Body of Work

Luke Burns

When I started preparing for my MCAT, the first thing I did was buy textbooks. Lots of them. Not just […] Read More

Oct 22, 2014

What They Don’t Teach You in Medical School

Tehreem Rehman

As I write this, I am moments away from entering a new day. It’s already mid-October of my second year […] Read More

Oct 16, 2014

Making my Net

Megan Thruston

Originally posted in OHSU’s StudentSpeak “Mamaaaa. Heyyy Mamaaa! I need fresh water with ice! HEY MAMAAA! It’s morning time!” I […] Read More

Sep 23, 2014

Welcome Home, Class of 2018. Thoughts and Advice from Second Year Students

Co-Authored

Originally posted UVM Medicine Find time to be humbled by what you’re learning. Every week. When you can’t memorize any […] Read More

Sep 17, 2014

On Fear, Mountains, Humility, and Starting Medical School

Stefan Kale Wheat

Originally posted in UVM Medicine “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total […] Read More

Sep 9, 2014

Freefall – Applying to Medical School

Luke Burns

For my eighteenth birthday, my sister bought me a voucher to go skydiving. I remember sitting in the tiny airplane […] Read More

Sep 4, 2014

Shortness of Breath, Again

Tyler Mains

On a typically balmy autumn afternoon in Baltimore City, Mr. S could barely breathe. Throughout the prior week, he had […] Read More

Aug 21, 2014

MD, HB: Medical Doctor, Human Being

Basheer Elsolh

I was spending the day in the Emergency Department of a community hospital. Though it was a small department with […] Read More

Aug 15, 2014

Summer Research and Reflection

Tehreem Rehman

It has only been two weeks. Two days. Okay, more like two mornings. And yet, on a Friday night, I […] Read More