Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories: Patient Interaction

Dec 10, 2020

Lessons in 911

Julia Kim

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

Oct 28, 2020

The Power to Heal

Nia Carty

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

Jul 1, 2020

The Same City, a Different Perspective

Patrick Samones

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

Apr 29, 2020

On Becoming A Doctor: Facing COVID-19

Ogochukwu Ezeoke

It was almost ten months into intern year of residency and I was on my second block on the General […] Read More

Mar 19, 2020

A Patient’s Whole

Emily Lee

Dear Ms. B, I’m not sure if you remember the medical student who came in every morning at 6:30am for […] Read More

Nov 13, 2019

Humanism in Medicine

Dharam Persaud-Sharma

When did it become okay to look the other way, cut corners or treat people like a commodity? Never in […] Read More

Aug 2, 2019

Events Overnight – Five Days Old

Ogochukwu Ezeoke

“How are things on Red Team?” “Everyone’s doing okay so far!” I laugh before adding, “I’m not using the Q […] Read More

Dec 3, 2018

Making Medicine Human

Jordan Nichols

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

Nov 26, 2018

Dealing with Patient Death

Aisa Iyawe

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

Nov 12, 2018

On Doing Battle

Elorm Avakame

Author’s Note:  No patient names or identifying characteristics were included in this story. My life as a fourth-year medical student […] Read More

Oct 29, 2018

A Resident’s Grief

Elorm Avakame

In his last post, Elorm shared his first experience of confronting his emotions as a physician-in-training. In this post, Elorm […] Read More

Oct 9, 2018

A Lesson in How to Show Compassion

Emily Hayward

During our pre-clinical years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), we are divided into small groups of six […] Read More