I was struck after my 2-week geriatrics rotation ended last week, because I found myself thinking that it was a specialty that most aligned with my core values of practicing medicine, and its approach to patient care was very unique compared to other clerkships I rotated in. This was realized after one specific clinical experience […]
Navigating the Health System as a Patient
As I write this post, I am relying primarily on the vision of my left eye, as my right eye vision has been impaired for the last several days now. Last week, I noticed acute blurry right eye vision, and went to the ED, remembering that acutely blurred vision was an indication for prompt evaluation […]
Impact of Shadowing on Patients
With the start of a new academic year and a rapidly approaching start to the next application cycle, I thought this was a good time to fulfill a request I recently received from a reader regarding the impact of pre-medical shadowing on patients. It was their contention that shadowing by premeds occur absent of consideration […]
