Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Feb 22, 2022

Breaths to Calm

“Will I pass this exam?” As a second-year medical student studying for the USMLE® Step 1 exam (The United States […] Read More

Feb 7, 2022

Freed from Expectations: A Lesson Between Documentation and Reality

Most medical students begin their clinical years (the portion of the training typically beginning during the third year which involves […] Read More

Dec 2, 2021

Diary of a Med Student

During my first week of medical school I was excited, but also scared. I was scared that someone would realize […] Read More

Jul 15, 2021

The Intimacy of Longitudinal Care and Boundaries

As part of the Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience (LACE) program at UC Riverside School of Medicine, I’ve had the opportunity […] Read More

May 12, 2021

To My Fellow First-Generations Pursuing Medicine

As Vice President Kamala Harris once said, “You’re going to walk into many rooms in your life and career where […] Read More

Apr 15, 2021

When Screening Fails

I sat listening as the lecturer instructed us about “PSAs.” In my former life – that is, the one before […] Read More

Feb 9, 2021

Cancer is My Teacher

The patient was a twenty-two-year-old male with a history of classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. If you perused the chart, you could […] Read More

Dec 10, 2020

Lessons in 911

The difference between theory and application punched me in the face when I was two weeks into working as a […] Read More