Triage is the act of assigning degrees of urgency to patients or situations, and at each stage of medical school this has consistently been an important skill to master. In my first two years, this involved learning specific groups of facts, in my third, this expanded to clinical care, and in my fourth-year, began to […]
The Path not Taken for Path
As many of you likely know, for those like me who are in their last year of medical school this month contains Match Day, when we will be notified of where we will spend our residencies and potentially our fellowships and beyond. While those familiar with my posts know that I applied into and will […]
Acoustic Shadows
During the battle of Gettysburg, military observers encountered a strange phenomenon. Perched at one vantage, some watchers saw the flash of muzzles and rising smoke but could not perceive the sound of battle. While others, situated miles behind the front lines, were deafened by the thunder of cannons. This phenomenon, which was widely reported at […]
