Aspiring Docs Diaries
Stories: Motivation
Still Here: My Experience with Repeating a Year of Medical School
On a hot and humid July afternoon, the white coat ceremony for the class of 2025 at the Florida International […] Read More
The ‘No’ Flow
Yet another “no.” Red boxes covered my Google sheet listing possible shadowing opportunities, as another clinic either turned me away […] Read More
The Guinea Pig Complex: Uncertainty in the Age of Virtual & Pass/Fail Medical School
“We are the guinea pig class.” My classmates and I often joke about this. We started medical school in the […] Read More
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
Patience Makes Perfect: Turning Med School Rejection into a Success Story
I’m pretty open about the fact that I was not accepted to any medical school the first time I applied […] Read More
Prioritizing Wellness in the Whirlwind of COVID-19
In the midst of COVID-19, our communities have been stricken with a virus that has changed the landscape for how […] Read More
Becoming (And Staying) Human
It’s funny how strictly we label each phase of our medical training. We carefully divide and demarcate each stage: premed, […] Read More
Letter to My First-Year-Self: Reflections on my Medical School Journey
It’s been a few months since the medical school year started anew. For the first year students, the #FirstDayofSchool selfies […] Read More
Humanism in Medicine
When did it become okay to look the other way, cut corners or treat people like a commodity? Never in […] Read More
The Match Gods
Match week is possibly the most emotionally exhausting weeks in all of medical school, beating out waiting for board scores, […] Read More
A Day In My Shoes
This past summer, my feet hurt like they have never hurt before and I loved every second of it. I […] 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