Aspiring Docs Diaries

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May 11, 2017

The Step 1 Shuffle

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether med school is the source of my problems or if it’s just the vehicle […] Read More

May 8, 2017

The Creativity of Medicine

In hindsight I attempted to mold myself into a one-sided, cookie-cutter version of the premed stereotype, losing sight of my true self. Read More

Apr 24, 2017

Reading as a Pre-Med

I recently visited the medical school I’ll be attending in the fall with several of my soon-to-be classmates. We were […] Read More

Apr 17, 2017

Wherever You Go, There You Are

It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean the time of year when some of us have to […] Read More

Apr 10, 2017

When Psychiatry Transforms

 “You meet a new person, you go with him and suddenly you get a whole new city. You go down […] Read More

Apr 3, 2017

An Open “Thank You”

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but I’d argue that it takes a city to raise […] Read More

Mar 27, 2017

Cultural Competence in Healthcare

After I graduated from college, I was unsure whether I wanted to be a physician. I worked as a Baltimore […] Read More

Mar 17, 2017

Match Game

I found myself waking up at 2:00 a.m. with great horror two days before I submitted my rank list for […] Read More