During my recent elective time I had the opportunity to work with two of the best attending role models of my clerkships thus far. What particularly set them both apart is the length to which they went to provide uncompromisingly high-quality patient care. These admirable qualities however tinged by a shared extreme difficulty in delegation. […]
Maintaining Morale
I recently went through a very demoralized phase, resulting from what I would consider my second most discouraging exam of medical school. I walked out from the exam feeling relatively confident about my performance, finishing early as per usual and imagining the test would have been much more difficult. Astounded would be an understatement for […]
Finding Your Mentors in Medicine
No man is an island. There is no I in team. And medicine is a team sport. For a lot of us, we’ve been told to seek out mentors since we were in high school. And as they come and go (and some of them stay for years), I’ve noticed that there never is an […]
