“Economics taught me that I didn’t have to culture cells in a dish to do interesting and life-changing work. I built a habit of being inquisitive and intellectually curious about the world around me because I learned in undergrad that our human, …
Category: Medical school
Personalized, precise, and data-driven: Precision Medical Education is here
This article is sponsored by Altus Assessments, data insights for health care education. As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives in medical education work towards improving the heterogeneity of learners, the weaknesses of an educatio…
Surviving medical school with depression [PODCAST]
“I was first diagnosed with major depressive disorder as a preteen after my teenage sister died. I attempted suicide three years later. This would be the first of several attempts and the first of countless times I felt my life was not worth livi…
Maintaining a patent airway in medical school
“GCS less than 8, intubate.” “Right, what else?” “Acute respiratory failure!” “Good, and what are the contraindications?” Crickets. The small flock of medical students stares blankly into our surgery TA’s face,…
How medical training teaches doctors to be financially unhealthy [PODCAST]
“We physicians must come to terms with the trauma caused by the financial insecurity built into our training and the ripple effect it has even after we finish training, both as a way to repair ourselves individually and as a way to assure that ou…
I will finish medical school and become a doctor — before I get scared
The dusty gym is a blur in my peripheral vision as I grip the high bar tightly and swing downwards from a handstand. I slightly pike at my hips to avoid hitting the low bar behind me before recruiting my abdominal muscles to tap my legs through a trans…
Taking care of yourself during medical school [PODCAST]
“Like some insidious conditions, feelings can fester. They can spread like cancer, and sap the spirit of nourishment until it starts to die, riddled with doubt and sensations of inadequacy. They can degrade the soul, as though it were suffering f…
Formalized mentorship as a requirement for medical schools
Mentorship is one of the cornerstones of growth as a clinician and student. Given that so much of medicine is learned outside of a classroom and through individual experiences, mentorship helps to clearly round out these experiences and help us grow as…
The value of in-person feedback
As I progress further in my medical career, I often feel that there are expectations of me that I have never been trained for. Teaching and feedback are large parts of my training that I do not always feel we are adequately prepared for. Feedback const…
What my father taught me about language
Here — outside with nature — this was where I needed to be. It was raining cats and dogs, unlike the light drizzle earlier in the day. Earlier in the day. Earlier in the day, I could still see the casket go into the ground, adding finality to the affai…
