Incidental findings

Perhaps the most common question I receive on this blog is a simple one: how did you know you should be a doctor? Well, I have written no le...

When you talk to doctors from my generation, we all had backup plans. I was talking to a colleague, and her plan was to get a PhD in neurosc...

I was reminiscing with a friend about the 'good old days' when we were both chemistry students. He's a chemistry professor now, ...

Thursday (today) is the Match. Students found out on Monday whether they have a spot or not, and the unfortunate had to go through the Scram...

My New Year's resolution this year was to get back to healthy living. I spend countless hours talking to people about improving diet and...

When I was a student, we were encouraged to have a 'thick skin' because attendings, residents, interns, nurses, social workers, MA...

Don't get me wrong. I never want to go through the hell of med school again. One of my friends was thinking about a second career in med...

I had the chance to talk to a budding medical student last week, and it's strange to see the medical student perspective again. When I w...

I have a friend in med school, and he is continually worried about gunners. He's started clinicals and doesn't want to be shown up o...

Anyone familiar with the medical education process knows the significance of July 1st. It is the day that everyone moves up a peg. MS2's...

When we talk about medical school education, there's the actual didactic material, and then there's the 'hidden curriculum.'...

I think that I'll try to post on a monthly basis. I know, I know, once a MONTH? But right now, that's as fast as I can go! And by th...

A friend of mine once considered going to officer candidate school (OCS). Of course, he didn't realize this was for folks who want a com...

The ICU is not for me. I know that now. There's something so... unsatisfying about taking care of a patient for only a few days, and the...

I'm not sure if I get to evaluate the students on my service. If I do, I'm going to be in a boatload of trouble. One of them will be...

I get left alone to fend for the service quite often. Granted, my team had good reasons not to be there in the afternoon, but I know that if...

I'm not sure how it is that I've managed to spend so much money so quickly, but I wish that I was still getting parental money. I ha...

First Quarter After doing child psych, I was really conflicted. I loved working in the child and adolescent service, but it was so hard. Ev...

I was thinking back on all the funny moments of my medical school clerkships, and the one that always sticks out is this one girl I saw on P...

I'm finally submitting my ERAS application. It took me long enough. I'm applying to an obscene number of programs, especially since ...