Aspiring Docs Diaries

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May 18, 2016

Reconnecting

It was my first time interviewing a patient. Standing outside the room, I ran through OLDCARTS in my head, the […] Read More

May 16, 2016

Labor and Delivery

This had not always been the case for other departments, where health concerns would place a strain on families. Read More

May 9, 2016

Further

January 8, 2016 After the last exam of our first semester of our first year, we joked that we were […] Read More

May 2, 2016

Acceptance

I’m sitting in a bustling restaurant on the Upper West Side between two first-year medical students. It’s revisit weekend at […] Read More

Apr 26, 2016

Better

It was six months into my first year in medical school, and I was shadowing at the University Hospital with […] Read More

Apr 19, 2016

Yes, and…

“Thank you for role-playing with me,” said the standardized patient, a hired actor playing the role of a patient in […] Read More

Apr 12, 2016

Opening a Dialogue on Bias in Medicine

In a little over a month, I will have completed my Masters in Public Health (MPH). Time truly flew by. […] Read More

Apr 5, 2016

The Interview: Part 2

Read Part 1 of this piece here. The Questions All of my interviews were one-on-one, thirty to sixty minute sessions […] Read More