Oddservations
One perk of being a senior medical student is that you are comfortable enough to spare some mental bandwidth for creating a more “meta” experience. What I mean is that […]
One perk of being a senior medical student is that you are comfortable enough to spare some mental bandwidth for creating a more “meta” experience. What I mean is that […]
In one of my recent interviews, I made an offhand comment about how enjoyable I have found medical school. After a brief pause to reflect, I followed that up by […]
Once you’ve decided on a specialty, the hard part is over, right? Sorta… you still have to tour the country and rank the programs at which you’ve interviewed. After having […]
Many people have commented on my conspicuous absence over the past year-and-a-half, and all I can say is: It’s good to be back! Reflective writing was a key part of […]
Eponyms are a “long-standing tradition” in medicine. In other words, physicians and scientists throughout history have been honored by having their name attached to the disease they discover. This common […]
No. And the more I learn about medicine, the more necessary it becomes to have a working knowledge of the mechanisms of evolution. Bacteria, viruses, and other infectious disease evolve […]
As we took turns sharing our fears about upcoming transitions, it became clear that everyone in the room, from M1s to PGY35s, had at least some anticipatory anxiety about the […]
High stakes, sleep deprivation, and stress are almost pathognomonic for med school. Brief bouts of burnout aren’t pathologic, but a normal response to our abnormal environment. Normal doesn’t imply healthy, […]
I want to follow-up on my essay about optimizing online classes by stating that web-based lecture is the future of med school. The technology is already available to get just […]
One of the greatest miracles of 21st-century medical science is that med students can now learn pathology at home in our pajamas. In addition to the coursebooks being available online, […]