I started my first clinical rotation today in Internal medicine. I’ll be here for the next twelve weeks. It was an amazing feeling to be outside of the classroom and get a feel for what medicine is all about. No more simulated patients, and endless nights studying for meaningless exams. Okay, not entirely meaningless I […]
Technology and Medicine
I recently came across an article about Enlitic, a company that uses an algorithm to determine pathology based on a database of past patients. Considering that I’m a technology enthusiast, I was pretty excited about the potential power of Enlitic. I found myself thinking about how new innovations have been revolutionizing the field; with technologies […]
The First Week of Third Year
“Go home, seriously,” my resident said. “Get some rest while you can.” To most people who have been working the last 16 hours, this would be music to their ears. But for me, a bright eyed and bushy tailed 3rd year medical student, I was surprisingly unfazed. “Ok, maybe I’ll wait ten or fifteen minutes […]
