As a medical student, we learn an abundant amount of information about ways we can prevent negative health effects on our bodies. One of the most important topics we learn to focus on with our patients is keeping their hearts healthy. February is American Heart Month — a month dedicated to focusing on ways to […]
Music is Good for the Soul
Who would have thought that this would be 2020? COVID-19 has changed so much. There have been disappointing times and lots of sacrifices have been made. A career in medicine, as a physician, is truly a calling. Starting a psychiatry residency in the middle of a pandemic has been quite the experience. I was able […]
MRI of a Med Student’s Brain
Over lunch a few weeks back I had an interesting conversation with a physician that was discussing how medicine can at times institutionalize the individuals who are participating in it such as medical students, residents, and even physicians. She mentioned that she was reading in a text that if we looked at magnetic resonance images […]
