It is always thought that to become a physician, you finish high school, earn an excellent SAT score, go to college, earn a phenomenal GPA and MCAT score, attend medical school, graduate medical school, then get into a residency program for the specialty of your choice. This whole process takes almost three decades of someone’s […]
Alternate Universe
Tomorrow is the last day of lecture in my second year of medical school. Day after day of sitting in classrooms will be a thing of the past. As a fun send off before we head into boards studying, we have decided, as a class, to dress as the profession we see ourselves in if […]
Sudden Death
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 […]
