On Becoming A Doctor: Facing COVID-19
It was almost ten months into intern year of residency…
On Becoming A Doctor: Facing COVID-19
Match week is possibly the most emotionally exhausting weeks in all of medical school…
The Match Gods
Events Overnight – Five Days Old
“How are things on Red Team?” “Everyone’s doing okay so far!” I laugh…
Events Overnight – Five Days Old
I sat, unaccountably, at the head of a table in the resident lounge,…
Prognosis: Poor
In medical school, you only get one summer break, between your first and second year…
The Patient Patient
The elevator ascended to a series of chimes, the windows casting a rich brown, then green glow…
The Bravery Bell
“There’s no such thing as all or always, for everything there is an exception.”
De-Mystifying the Grey
My eyes shone and I could feel the grin spreading across my face…
Of Surgery and The Robot
I was a first-year medical student observer at the cancer center shadowing overnight…
The VIP
When the time out was called, I stood at the side of the room, far from all the sterile equipment…
Time Out
As an experienced student observer in the cancer hospital, I could tell there was something different about this patient.
The Superhero
I clutched a little nervously at my sleeves, exchanging frequent glances with the other student…
Double Vision
“Is he out of bed today?” The nurse practitioner – NP for short – shook her head with a something like resigned disappointment.
Bleary-eyed Rounds
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