Aspiring Docs Diaries
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Making Medicine Human
Author’s Note: No real patient identifying characteristics were included in this narrative. A 68-year-old homeless woman presented to the emergency […] Read More
Dealing with Patient Death
I lost my first patient. I was only a second-year medical student at Keck School of Medicine and this was my first time shadowing at a Level One Trauma Center. Read More
On Doing Battle
Author’s Note: No patient names or identifying characteristics were included in this story. My life as a fourth-year medical student […] Read More
How To Survive Med School with a Chronic Illness and/or Disability
First and perhaps most importantly, if you are a medical student who has an illness or a disability: please know […] Read More
A Resident’s Grief
In his last post, Elorm shared his first experience of confronting his emotions as a physician-in-training. In this post, Elorm […] Read More
Everybody Sucks at the Beginning
In September, during my first three weeks of surgical rotation, I had a challenging time which was ultimately a growth […] Read More
On Death and Crying
Author’s Note: No patient names or identifying characteristics were included in this story. Mavis was unconscious the first time I […] Read More
A Lesson in How to Show Compassion
During our pre-clinical years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), we are divided into small groups of six […] Read More