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 […]
Being a Medical Student During a Pandemic
This is an extremely unique time to be a medical student. COVID-19 has changed the landscape of what medical education looked like over this past semester, and it promises to continue to change what it looks like going forward. First and second-year medical students had to transition to a largely online curriculum and I can’t […]
Prime Role of Primary Care in HIV Management
When I traditionally conceive of effectively combating the global HIV epidemic, my mind turns immediately to the infectious disease doctors who dominated the early response to the crisis. After doing this set of readings, I am increasingly aware of the rising and essential role in primary care in HIV treatment and management. Obvious evidence for […]
