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 […]
Conquering my Fears in Cardiology
When I heard my fourth-year sub-internship was going to be in Cardiology, I was extremely intimidated, as most students who had rotated through Cardiology were. Cardiology is such an intricate and complex subject that I felt I never mastered, and it didn’t help that I still felt less than subpar in my EKG reading skills. […]
Pros and Cons of Telemedicine
My re-introduction into clinical rotations after the COVID-19 halt was an outpatient Allergy and Immunology elective. This clerkship was entirely outpatient-based, and thus all virtual. It was not only my first time participating in a telemedicine rotation but also the department’s first time, as this was their first week reopening clinics. The rotation went surprisingly […]
