We are entering a profession where the decisions we make have a lot more riding on them. If we make mistakes, someone’s health (or God forbid, their life) is at risk. Yet we are forced to learn with the attitude of “fake it till you make it.” If you are unsure about something, you answer […]
Starting Out First Year Strong
Starting medical school can be very daunting and scary because you don’t know what to expect. Even if you talk to medical students and get an idea of what is ahead, it is nothing like experiencing it first hand and being blown away by how much you are expected to know. While I do have […]
Staying Human in Medical School
The road to becoming a physician is certainly a long and tedious one. Some might even consider it “soul sucking.” With just a year of medical school under my belt, I have already found that it can be very easy to lose track of why I started this journey in the first place. Studies have […]
