Aspiring Docs Diaries
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Of Surgery and The Robot
My eyes shone and I could feel the grin spreading across my face as the robot sprang to life, its […] Read More
Time for Myself
Medicine is about serving others. It’s about developing a set of skills and knowledge and combining them with compassion to […] Read More
In Defense of Doing “Nothing”
During the fall of 2015 I was finishing up my last semester of college. The arduous medical school application process […] Read More
Little Girl Blue
She lay there, small and seemingly lifeless. Everything surrounding her is industrial—wires and tubes connecting this way and that—paralleling the […] Read More
Undifferentiated
It was midway through the semester, and as medical students, we were well aware of the allure of a free […] Read More
Pre-meds & Policy: An Essential Relationship
As a pre-medical student, my academic and extracurricular pursuits have often felt pre-determined. I enroll in science classes to fulfill […] Read More
Burnout: A Hidden Epidemic
At 27 years old, I look around at my non-medical friends with envy at times. They have paying jobs, financial […] Read More