We don’t talk about grades. At an Ivy League medical school. We ho and hum about how we do. It’s interesting. We spend the first two years on a pass/fail grading basis. And so when we get to our clinical years, and we start to get graded, we become anxious. We’re starting to be compared […]
A Day in the Life of: Family Medicine Clerkships
I thought that since I have previously shared what my typical days look like as a first and second-year medical student, I would also talk about how my days look during rotations in third-year. My first rotation is family medicine which is extremely fun with what I like to call “typical” workday hours, which are […]
The Ebb and Flow of the Emergency Department
Fourth year has officially begun and my first clerkship of the year is emergency medicine. Since traditionally the first few clerkships of fourth year are dedicated to your field of choice, I keep encountering residents and attendings asking if I’m applying in emergency medicine. However, I am still committed to applying in family medicine! The […]
