Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories by: Med Students

Jul 26, 2022

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

May 16, 2022

Experimenting with Biofeedback: Reconnecting with Breath to Manage Stress

The mark is one hundred and seventy beats per minute (bpm). As I step off the elliptical, the only remaining […] Read More

Feb 22, 2022

Breaths to Calm

“Will I pass this exam?” As a second-year medical student studying for the USMLE® Step 1 exam (The United States […] Read More

Feb 7, 2022

Freed from Expectations: A Lesson Between Documentation and Reality

Most medical students begin their clinical years (the portion of the training typically beginning during the third year which involves […] Read More

Dec 2, 2021

Diary of a Med Student

During my first week of medical school I was excited, but also scared. I was scared that someone would realize […] Read More

Jul 15, 2021

The Intimacy of Longitudinal Care and Boundaries

As part of the Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience (LACE) program at UC Riverside School of Medicine, I’ve had the opportunity […] Read More

Apr 15, 2021

When Screening Fails

I sat listening as the lecturer instructed us about “PSAs.” In my former life – that is, the one before […] Read More

Jan 13, 2021

A Personal Plea to Premeds

When I was in college, I was in a premed “bubble” a lot of the time. I took many of […] Read More