I recently learned that one of my friends, who just graduated from medical school, died in a car accident. When I read the news, it shocked me, and had me my body and mind frozen for a few seconds. He was a great student, and would have made a great practicing physician. I just could […]
Waiting for Board Test Scores
A couple of weeks ago, I was supposed to receive my test score for a board test on that Wednesday morning. I couldn’t sleep since the Sunday before. Every time, I tried to do an activity, my test score was the first thing on my mind. I couldn’t sleep, eat or focus on anything productively. […]
Importance of Research for a Medical Student
I have always liked the research aspect of medicine. Diagnosis, treatments and plans of management are always changing, and as a physician it is very important to know the current updates. However, I find that most of my colleagues including me, are so fond of textbooks and its evident that textbooks are not always updated […]
