I was recently watching behind the scenes commentary on Scrubs and was made more aware of the history and context surrounding the character Dr. Doug Murphy. For those unfamiliar, Dr. Murphy was the co-intern in internal medicine of the shows hero’s JD and Elliot who after being made to repeat his third year due to […]
Third Year Rotations: Final Thoughts
Two weeks ago was the last day of my last clinical rotation. It was a sad day with my absolute favorite preceptor throughout the entire year of rotations. I drove away from the clinic feeling like I hadn’t in a while – the realization that I would not be working with this physician again, who […]
How to Succeed On Your Clinical Rotations
As you may know, third and fourth-year are spent at various hospitals and clinics where students rotate with specialties such as general surgery, family medicine, or psychology to learn about various specialties. It can be an amazing learning opportunity but one of the most common questions my classmates and I had first and second-year was, […]
