Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories by: Residents

Nov 12, 2024

Rotating Through the Pediatric Emergency Room: Part I

I walk through the wooden door of the Peds Emergency Department wearing black scrubs and a non-operational badge. The door […] Read More

Mar 11, 2024

What Happens When You Don’t Match?

Every medical student dreams of Match Day. This is the ultimate goal that drives many med students through the grueling […] Read More

Nov 17, 2023

Beyond the Usual:  Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Stories 

High acuity situations in emergency medicine can feel like a whirlwind. The excitement of heroic resuscitations and the thrill of […] Read More

Jun 24, 2022

Non-Accidental Trauma

It was the end of my last year of pediatric residency. My last block was spent with the Protective Services […] Read More

Apr 29, 2020

On Becoming A Doctor: Facing COVID-19

It was almost ten months into intern year of residency and I was on my second block on the General […] Read More

Feb 28, 2020

Becoming (And Staying) Human

It’s funny how strictly we label each phase of our medical training. We carefully divide and demarcate each stage: premed, […] Read More

Aug 22, 2019

Fears About Medical School

Medical school is one of those conversational references for comparison in tough situations: “Don’t be complaining about that tough client, […] Read More

Aug 15, 2019

The Match Gods

Match week is possibly the most emotionally exhausting weeks in all of medical school, beating out waiting for board scores, […] Read More