Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Dec 12, 2016

Practice Kindness

I remember the day I first wanted to be a doctor. There was a traditional event that the fourth grade […] Read More

Nov 28, 2016

Make Time for Fun

I wake up with sweat streaming down my face after another “salsa” dream. It is always the same; I elegantly […] Read More

Nov 21, 2016

Comparison is the Thief of Joy

Once you’ve decided to embark on the journey to medical school, it’s only natural to be curious about what other […] Read More

Nov 15, 2016

Letter to a Future Doctor

Dear Future Doctor, Please remember. Remember what it feels like to be a patient. Remember the pain, remember the anguish […] Read More

Nov 10, 2016

A Work in Progress

My second rotation as a third year medical student was internal medicine. Unlike my first clerkship, family medicine, internal medicine […] Read More

Nov 7, 2016

The Physician’s Pen

Becoming a medical scribe for an Emergency Physician has taught me more about medicine, about passion, and most importantly about […] Read More

Oct 31, 2016

Family First

Becoming a doctor is HUGE for a boy growing up in a Russian family – far more impressive than even […] Read More

Oct 24, 2016

De-Mystifying the Grey

“There’s no such thing as all or always, for everything there is an exception,” said Dr. Jerrold Teitcher, Director of […] Read More