Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories by: Med Students

Jun 24, 2015

Perspectives on the End Stages of Life

In a way, many of us are searching for the same thing: Who are we, where do we come from […] Read More

Jun 1, 2015

An Undocumented Student’s Road to Medicine

I vaguely remember a night in Seoul, South Korea in June of 1998; I was born there seven years earlier. […] Read More

May 28, 2015

Imprinted on the Heart

To a young man, I left school after morning classes were finished and arrived home expecting to take a short […] Read More

Mar 23, 2015

The Combined Medical Program Experience

In high school, I was always working toward college. The classes I took, the groups I joined, and the activities […] Read More

Mar 10, 2015

How We Are Structured and How We Function

Originally posted on UVM Medicine Her features were flattened and deformed, showing she had been fixed. I thought of a […] Read More

Jan 29, 2015

Playing Doctor

In most any discipline, the adage of “practice makes perfect” holds true and medicine is no exception. Doctors rely on […] Read More

Jan 8, 2015

The Frail Doctor: Depression and our Oath

A year or so ago while biking on the coastline of the Puget Sound, not long after the death of […] Read More

Nov 25, 2014

Healing Encounters on Aisle 8

Frazzled and exhausted by another ten-hour day at the end of our second week of medical school, the two of […] Read More