Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Aug 18, 2015

On electronic medical records and my path to medicine

Imagine one day that you turn on your smartphone or computer, and a completely new operating system has been installed. […] Read More

Aug 10, 2015

Double Vision

I clutched a little nervously at my sleeves, exchanging frequent glances with the other student as we waited for the […] Read More

Aug 4, 2015

From Bedside to Post-it Note

For some physicians, at what point in their career does a transition occur from considering their participation in patient care […] Read More

Jul 28, 2015

The Calm Before the Storm

The summer before medical school is generally regarded as the last time of true freedom for doctors-to-be. We are supposed […] Read More

Jul 20, 2015

We Are F-A-M-I-L-Y

Walking out of that room, I realized that there is more to the word “family” than I had thought. Read More

Jul 15, 2015

Hold On to What Makes You Whole

Blackness covers the paper in its entirety. Hunched over, charcoal stained fingertips splayed out in front of me, I exhale […] Read More

Jul 13, 2015

The only one holding me back… was me.

I had been a humanities lover my entire life. Prior to college, I had planned on majoring in French or […] Read More

Jul 6, 2015

Bleary-eyed Rounds

“Is he out of bed today?” The nurse practitioner – NP for short – shook her head with a something […] Read More