Medical students wear short white coats, and during our clinical years we quickly discover that the pockets of our white coats can be truly lifesaving….
Sometimes I get questions about why I don’t write more on the blog about patients I’ve encountered during this third year of medical clerkships and…
At this point it’s been about five months since my class began our third year of medical school. For many of us, it’s been a crazy…
Big news recently – I got engaged a few weeks ago! It’s obviously a very exciting time of life, and I’ve gotten a lot of…
As second-year students wrap up our first module of the year, Ebola rages on in West Africa. It’s hard not to pay attention to world…
While in college, I spent three semesters enrolled in basic Spanish language classes. I’ll admit that I was primarily completing minimum language course requirements set…
In an attempt at procrastination recently, I took one of those Buzzfeed quizzes that seem to be so popular. This one was titled, “What Actually…
When is the last time you let a stranger touch your belly? Unless you’re pregnant, I’d venture to guess that it’s not something that happens…
It’s a new year and a new semester of medical school, which naturally makes me take a moment to reflect on where I was one…
In case you’ve ever wondered, medicine is not a cookie-cutter career path. If you’ve ever thought there is one so-called “right” way to become a…