Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Oct 29, 2014

Body of Work

When I started preparing for my MCAT, the first thing I did was buy textbooks. Lots of them. Not just […] Read More

Oct 22, 2014

What They Don’t Teach You in Medical School

As I write this, I am moments away from entering a new day. It’s already mid-October of my second year […] Read More

Oct 16, 2014

Making my Net

Originally posted in OHSU’s StudentSpeak “Mamaaaa. Heyyy Mamaaa! I need fresh water with ice! HEY MAMAAA! It’s morning time!” I […] Read More

Sep 23, 2014

Welcome Home, Class of 2018. Thoughts and Advice from Second Year Students

Originally posted UVM Medicine Find time to be humbled by what you’re learning. Every week. When you can’t memorize any […] Read More

Sep 17, 2014

On Fear, Mountains, Humility, and Starting Medical School

Originally posted in UVM Medicine “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total […] Read More

Sep 9, 2014

Freefall – Applying to Medical School

For my eighteenth birthday, my sister bought me a voucher to go skydiving. I remember sitting in the tiny airplane […] Read More

Sep 4, 2014

Shortness of Breath, Again

On a typically balmy autumn afternoon in Baltimore City, Mr. S could barely breathe. Throughout the prior week, he had […] Read More

Aug 21, 2014

MD, HB: Medical Doctor, Human Being

I was spending the day in the Emergency Department of a community hospital. Though it was a small department with […] Read More