One of the biggest challenges in medical school is taking time for yourself. We always feel like we’re behind. There’s always more to learn. And in your clinical years, missing a day feels like you’re letting your team and your patients down. It’s easy to put aside your own needs and wellness so you can […]
Forcing Yourself to Workout at the End of a Long Day
This is SO hard to do. SO hard. Especially if you are on an intense rotation with long hours and you are on your feet all day. The good thing is that you are probably burning a lot of calories running around the hospital and using your brain. But two weeks into the rotation go […]
To Care Is Human
One of the things I appreciate about internal medicine is its short-term, intimate relationships you have with patients. Sometimes no more than a few days, you spend hours at a time with a patient, consulting other teams, running labs, trying to piece together a puzzle that is a patient’s diagnosis. It’s fascinating. I thought that […]
