Aspiring Docs Diaries
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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
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
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
Summer Research and Reflection
It has only been two weeks. Two days. Okay, more like two mornings. And yet, on a Friday night, I […] Read More
Changing Your Mind
For most of my life I wanted to be a journalist. Eager to have an impact on the world and […] Read More
Keep Your Hands Up
The day before I left for my six-week solo backpacking trip across Europe, my beloved, 80 year old German piano […] Read More
Third Year Starting Line
We’ve all heard the jokes or warnings to not get sick during July because that is when the new doctors […] Read More
Medical School Dreams Come True for Undocumented Students and their Families – Three Perspectives
Medical School Perspective In October of 2012, Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine became the first medical school in […] Read More