Aspiring Docs Diaries
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Keep Your Hands Up
The day before I left for my six-week solo backpacking trip across Europe, my beloved, 80 year old German piano […] Read More
Third Year Starting Line
We’ve all heard the jokes or warnings to not get sick during July because that is when the new doctors […] Read More
Medical School Dreams Come True for Undocumented Students and their Families – Three Perspectives
Medical School Perspective In October of 2012, Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine became the first medical school in […] Read More
The Professional Volunteer
For some students applying to medical school, volunteering is just another item on their pre-med checklist they need to cross […] Read More
Finding Your Motivation
I’ve always been jealous of the person hit by that lightning bolt moment, the one who can pinpoint the exact […] Read More
Don’t Be Afraid to Think Big: A Medical Textbook on Health Equity
As undergraduates at the University of California, Los Angeles, we (Matt and Jamie) both served on the student board of […] Read More
Choosing a Specialty, a.k.a. “The Medical Student’s Conundrum”
When I decided to pursue a career in medicine, I had no idea what type of doctor I wanted to […] Read More
Today I Saved a Life
I wish I could tell you a story about fancy heroics – about an exploratory laparatomy, a chest thoracostomy, or […] Read More
Bias in the Medical School Admissions Process
The long and cumbersome process of applying to medical schools has finally come to a close this month for applicants […] Read More
Lessons From My First Patients
Through the International-Inner City-Rural Preceptorship (I2CRP) Honors Program at my school, I have had the unique opportunity to help provide […] Read More