Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories by: Med Students

Sep 6, 2016

Little Girl Blue

She lay there, small and seemingly lifeless. Everything surrounding her is industrial—wires and tubes connecting this way and that—paralleling the […] Read More

Aug 29, 2016

Undifferentiated

It was midway through the semester, and as medical students, we were well aware of the allure of a free […] Read More

Aug 22, 2016

Burnout: A Hidden Epidemic

At 27 years old, I look around at my non-medical friends with envy at times. They have paying jobs, financial […] Read More

Aug 8, 2016

Views from the Back Wall

Glancing down at her wristband, I saw that we were nearly the same age. Her dark wavy hair was sprawled […] Read More

Jul 18, 2016

They Were Waiting

My third year of medical school began with a family medicine outpatient clinic clerkship, which is quite a different setting […] Read More

Jun 20, 2016

5 Rules for Successful Pre-Clinical Years

Six exams in one week, all-nighters reading through Robbins Pathology and Netter Anatomy, community service commitments, research study deadlines, clinical […] Read More

Jun 6, 2016

Doctoring

April 15, 2016 This week marks the end of my first-year “Doctoring” clinical skills course at The Warren Alpert Medical […] Read More

May 18, 2016

Reconnecting

It was my first time interviewing a patient. Standing outside the room, I ran through OLDCARTS in my head, the […] Read More