Aspiring Docs Diaries
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Bouncing Back from Failure – My Journey to Medical School
My story begins with this quote from a sixth-grade teacher in a classroom: “All you do is disrupt my teaching; […] Read More
A Medical Student Perspective on Loss and Self-Awareness
“There are these two young fish swimming along and they meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods […] Read More
Imposter Syndrome Rears Its Head
This weekend, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Pisacano leadership symposium in Chicago. I had been chosen as […] Read More
From Coffee Beans to Medical Disease: A Suggestion to Spend Your Gap Years
Through my journey to find a haven for studying as well as easy access to caffeine, staying at coffee shops […] Read More
The ‘No’ Flow
Yet another “no.” Red boxes covered my Google sheet listing possible shadowing opportunities, as another clinic either turned me away […] Read More
The Guinea Pig Complex: Uncertainty in the Age of Virtual & Pass/Fail Medical School
“We are the guinea pig class.” My classmates and I often joke about this. We started medical school in the […] Read More
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