Over Christmas break, I had a chance to apply my medical knowledge at home when my sister became sick. She had abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Since I started second year with microbiology, it was still (relatively) fresh in my mind. I found myself interviewing my sister as I had been learning how to […]
On Doctoring
My school has a course called Doctoring, where you – as you could have guessed – learn how to be a doctor. More specifically, it’s a course guiding us through the intricacies of doctor-patient interaction, from gathering a patient’s history to dealing with difficult or awkward situations. In the past, this kind of “non-textbook” knowledge […]
