Aspiring Docs Diaries
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Do What You Love
I’ve recently been given the same piece of advice from three different physicians, so I feel it is worth reflecting […] Read More
Body of Work
When I started preparing for my MCAT, the first thing I did was buy textbooks. Lots of them. Not just […] Read More
What They Don’t Teach You in Medical School
As I write this, I am moments away from entering a new day. It’s already mid-October of my second year […] Read More
Making my Net
Originally posted in OHSU’s StudentSpeak “Mamaaaa. Heyyy Mamaaa! I need fresh water with ice! HEY MAMAAA! It’s morning time!” I […] Read More
Welcome Home, Class of 2018. Thoughts and Advice from Second Year Students
Originally posted UVM Medicine Find time to be humbled by what you’re learning. Every week. When you can’t memorize any […] Read More
On Fear, Mountains, Humility, and Starting Medical School
Originally posted in UVM Medicine “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total […] Read More
Freefall – Applying to Medical School
For my eighteenth birthday, my sister bought me a voucher to go skydiving. I remember sitting in the tiny airplane […] Read More
Shortness of Breath, Again
On a typically balmy autumn afternoon in Baltimore City, Mr. S could barely breathe. Throughout the prior week, he had […] Read More
MD, HB: Medical Doctor, Human Being
I was spending the day in the Emergency Department of a community hospital. Though it was a small department with […] Read More
Summer Research and Reflection
It has only been two weeks. Two days. Okay, more like two mornings. And yet, on a Friday night, I […] Read More