Aspiring Docs Diaries

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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

Nov 19, 2020

The Perfect Path to Medical School Does Not Exist

In the traditional sense of the idea, I absolutely agree that there is no perfect path to medical school. Your […] Read More

Oct 28, 2020

The Power to Heal

First-year medical students often underestimate the impact they can have on patients. I realized this back when I was a […] Read More

Sep 4, 2020

Coping During a Crisis: COVID-19’s Impact on Medical Students

As spring break started in early March of this year, many of my second-year peers ventured off into various corners […] Read More

Jul 1, 2020

The Same City, a Different Perspective

It was my second week of medical school at UC Riverside School of Medicine. I was drawn to UCR for […] Read More