As we dive into the spring semester, it’s important to address our mental health and evaluate our overall well being. This can be a particularly challenging time for medical students of all levels. First-year medical students are concerned on how they will be spending their last summer off, while the second-year students are prepping for […]
Psychiatry Rotation: Why Mental Health is Important
After I finished the surgery rotation, I began the psychiatry rotation. What a difference! They are literally night and day from each other, or at least in my opinion. Truth be told, I didn’t think I would love my psychiatry rotation as much as I did. Every attending and resident I came across was so […]
Pathology is not a Penalty Box
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 […]
