Throughout my medical school career, I have encountered various electronic health record (EHR) systems. From the era of having paper charts, and writing orders and notes in by hand, we have come a long way, where literally everything in a patient’s chart is virtually electronic. Some clinics do not have even paper charts anymore. In […]
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 […]
Airplane Crashes, Hierarchies, and Medical Errors
For the 4th of July weekend, I went down to LA to visit with friends and have a big party to celebrate the holiday. Although that may seem a fairly normal thing to do, I am usually very busy with school, research work, and many other obligations, so I don’t travel very much, and I […]
