Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories by: Med Students

Nov 18, 2015

Expectations

Before the beginning of medical school, most soon-to-be-students experience a creeping anxiety whether they admit it or not. I found […] Read More

Oct 26, 2015

10 Years

Last October, I went to a financial aid workshop in which one of the speakers asked us to make a […] Read More

Sep 29, 2015

The Evolving Face of Global Health Education

I sat in the clinic waiting room working on multiplication problems while patients waited to see my parents. At nine, […] Read More

Sep 15, 2015

The White Coat

I live in Chicago, which means I own many coats. I have a coat for when summer fades to fall, […] Read More

Sep 8, 2015

Medical Students with Traveling Shoes

Packing up a suitcase every 5 to 10 weeks and moving everything you anticipate you’ll need is the lifestyle of […] Read More

Aug 18, 2015

On electronic medical records and my path to medicine

Imagine one day that you turn on your smartphone or computer, and a completely new operating system has been installed. […] Read More

Aug 4, 2015

From Bedside to Post-it Note

For some physicians, at what point in their career does a transition occur from considering their participation in patient care […] Read More

Jul 28, 2015

The Calm Before the Storm

The summer before medical school is generally regarded as the last time of true freedom for doctors-to-be. We are supposed […] Read More