Years ago, I started to follow Christel of Black Man, M.D. Months ago, I met him during his sub-internship at CHOP. He’s recently matched pediatrics at an amazing institution and it has been such a delight to move from social media acquaintances to in-real-life colleagues. I am beyond grateful to have been featured as one of his health career spotlights. Please check out my contribution here.
My dear friend Yang of Yang’s Wear About asked me to contribute to the 2018 Match Series. It’s an extremely informative series for individuals who are applying to residency this (or even upcoming) application cycles. Please check out my contribution here and the rest of the Match Series!
“Why medicine?” is the questioned I answered when I asked my undergraduate professors to ask letters of recommendations. It’s the question I answer when strangers and I exchange snippets of our lives in airports, on trains, or in the grocery store. “Why medicine?” is the question I answered in my medical school interviews and to an extent in my recent residency interviews. “Why medicine” is the question I ask myself when motivation runs low. Life of a Medic reached out to a handful of individuals in the medical blogosphere to share our answer to “why medicine” in 10 words.
Check out the rest of the contributions here!
A few weeks ago, I had a chat with Linda from the very popular site Accepted.com. We talked about my journey to medical school, my medical school experience, and where I see my career going in the future. Take a listen here (warning you, I was sick at the time so my voice is a bit weird) or read the transcript!
This may be the first time that I have mentioned this here, but I love the #almostdoctor community. In short: it’s support, informed, and witty. I wanted to share with you readers (who are likely to be pre-medical students, less likely to be medical students, and extremely likely to be members of my family) the perspectives of other proud members the #almostdoctor community. Today, I am privileged to have Z (incoming medical student at University of Michigan) share with you the ten things that have her anxious about the transition to medical school. If you want to keep up with her journey, follow her blog (5 Year Journey: Medical School Edition) or her witty tweets.
As my frequent readers know, I love blogging via lists and bullet points. It’s easy, gets my points across, and generally manageable for readers. So, following that tradition, here is a list of things that I’m currently anxious and nervous about for my transition to medical school.
Stilettos + Stethoscopes 