Finally. Residency. I have to be completely honest when I say that I never actually expected this day to come. I had a countdown on my watch for graduation and I remember when the days were in the triple digits. Having graduated this past weekend, I am so thankful and grateful for the opportunity to […]
Do doctors ever get sick?
I know that the topic of mental health has been quite prevalent in the media but I wanted to discuss its relationship to the medical field. The thing is, the topic of mental health is almost taboo in medicine. Medical students, residents, and attendings are resilient. They are the epitome of a superhero, they can’t […]
Musings on Psychiatry
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been finishing up the psychiatry and neurology block of medical school. I have to say that I noticed some significant differences between clinical psychiatry and psychiatry research. For those of you that don’t know, I spent nearly all 4 years of my undergraduate career studying how schizophrenia affected […]