Med School can be a trying time for people in a relationship. Demands on time and the stressors of day to day classwork can cause the most friendly people to become irritable and if you’re not careful, this can poison a relationship. In this article, I’ll lay down a series of 4 strategies that I […]
Play and Learn
The surgery clerkship is done and I’m glad to have it behind me, and even more excited for my new clerkship: pediatrics! It will be enjoyable to be working with kids during all the fall and winter holidays. I’ve been stockpiling whimsical clothes and earrings for a while now… For Halloween, I wore my costume […]
Medical Writing: Why the Needs the Verbal Section
Writing is a big part of medicine, and writing should be the goal of those training for medicine. Now, forgetting for a moment the bitter incongruity of someone like myself writing about good writing, it is worth stressing how important written communication skills are in medicine. Many aspiring medical students think about the massive amounts […]
