Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Jun 2, 2014

Choosing a Specialty, a.k.a. “The Medical Student’s Conundrum”

When I decided to pursue a career in medicine, I had no idea what type of doctor I wanted to […] Read More

May 27, 2014

Today I Saved a Life

I wish I could tell you a story about fancy heroics – about an exploratory laparatomy, a chest thoracostomy, or […] Read More

May 21, 2014

Bias in the Medical School Admissions Process

The long and cumbersome process of applying to medical schools has finally come to a close this month for applicants […] Read More

May 14, 2014

Lessons From My First Patients

Through the International-Inner City-Rural Preceptorship (I2CRP) Honors Program at my school, I have had the unique opportunity to help provide […] Read More

Apr 23, 2014

3 Real #FirstWorldProblems

Many of us millennials toss around the term #firstworldproblems so easily. I know the fact that there’s whole milk in […] Read More

Apr 16, 2014

Health Disparities in Our Own Backyard

It has been quite some time since my last post. Qualifiers (the only thing close to finals at my school) […] Read More

Feb 26, 2014

Closing Time

Very recently, we had our last day of anatomy. Anatomy class quickly grew to become a defining milestone in our […] Read More

Feb 18, 2014

A Second Year’s Second Semester

It’s already February and there are only four more units (behavioral sciences, women’s health, musculoskeletal, and nervous system) before one […] Read More