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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
Why Medicine Needs You
Stories of pre-medical students knowing they want to be a doctor from a young age has never resonated with me. […] Read More
Trauma Bay One
It was a warm and sunny late spring day. A comfortable 73 degrees, the birds were chirping their harmonious chorus […] Read More