As a medical student, you will spend most of your time drinking from a firehose of knowledge, and when pimped there is a strong chance that you won’t know the answer. Your attendings were all once medical students, so they will understand the occasional lapse, but even so, they may get annoyed if the answer […]
An Introvert’s Guide to Medical School
I remember going on a tour of my future medical school while I was an undergrad. The tour guide was explaining all the new amenities that the school had to offer and among them was the multiple small group rooms scattered about each floor of the building. These rooms, our guide explained, would be the […]
How to Succeed on Outpatient Pediatrics
In pediatrics, they say that kids aren’t just little adults. They’re special, they’re unique. But when you’re rotating on outpatient pediatrics and you see 20 patients for a well-child check, well, it often feels like the uniqueness of pediatrics isn’t so…unique. As a medical student, here’s what I learned on how to be successful and […]
