Stories: Shadowing

During my first week of medical school I was excited, but also scared. I was scared that someone would realize […] Read More

I sat listening as the lecturer instructed us about “PSAs.” In my former life – that is, the one before […] Read More

This past summer, my feet hurt like they have never hurt before and I loved every second of it. I […] Read More

During my senior year of high school, my AP English Literature teacher asked us to write a poem about the […] Read More

In my junior year of high school, each student in my Biomedical Research class had to give a presentation on […] Read More

My eyes shone and I could feel the grin spreading across my face as the robot sprang to life, its […] Read More

She lay there, small and seemingly lifeless. Everything surrounding her is industrial—wires and tubes connecting this way and that—paralleling the […] Read More

Glancing down at her wristband, I saw that we were nearly the same age. Her dark wavy hair was sprawled […] Read More

I was a first-year medical student observer at the cancer center shadowing overnight during my winter break. It was 4:00a.m. and I […] Read More

This had not always been the case for other departments, where health concerns would place a strain on families. Read More

It was six months into my first year in medical school, and I was shadowing at the University Hospital with […] Read More

When the time out was called, I stood at the side of the room, far from all sterile equipment–anything covered […] Read More