We all have either experienced personally or have been close to someone experiencing grief. In the medical field, we have also signed up for a lifetime of taking care of people who often meet us at their doorstep of grief. It is something that often...
Physicians have long overlooked the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of BIPOC as they interface with the healthcare system. Although those that pursue careers in healthcare tend to be altruistic in nature, healthcare providers are complicit in actively perpetuating implicit bias and systemic racism when...
I haven’t always wanted to be a physician, but when I learned about a profession that was innately altruistic, allowed me to work with people, to teach people, to constantly learn AND to make a good living, I was all too excited. Going into medical...
No matter which USMLE®® exam you’re preparing for, one thing remains the same: all of them matter. Passing every USMLE® exam is required for graduation and getting your medical license, and how well you perform can influence the details of your future career in medicine. These...
There’s an unfortunate pattern that most of us face as we climb the educational ladder. As we progress, debilitating thoughts and feelings start to slowly invade our head space as we see less and less people of color climb the ladder with us. Without a...
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“Hey, just so you know. The position was approved so we are working on an offer letter. Congrats! Looking forward to having you join us.” -Program Director of the Neurology Program at the University of Pittsburgh I received that text message on January 30th 2020 while...
Another night at the county hospital and more adrenaline packed adventures.. A patient is rolled into the ICU, alarms going off on the monitor. His blood pressure reading 230/140 on the non-invasive cuff. He has an epidural brain bleed so this will not do at all....
Did they really cancel med school???!! Vlogged the first week on med school during the great toilet paper outage of 2020!...
“…it is with an especially heavy heart that I write to inform you that all of our Spring 2020 Commencement Ceremonies… must be conducted online.” I reread that sentence at least twenty times before the tears blurred my vision. I had known that due to COVID...
