They can always hurt you more, but they can’t stop the clock -Revised Law of the House of God (AKA probably plagiarism by me) (Image above is me stuck in a chair in our workroom. Residency is hard) To the graduates of medical schools across the nation, you wonderful newly minted doctors…on behalf of physicians
Say what you want about the weather, but it’s going to be 72 and fluorescent for a majority of your residency. – A surgery resident Part 3 is upon us! It’s out of order according to the plan laid out in my first post, but I don’t care! I make the rules around here! If
Introduction Am I going to match? This is the question that medical students going into their 4th year ask themselves over and over, poring over every detail of themselves and their application with a fine tooth comb. Or in some cases, the big comb from Spaceballs. This post began in an airport in Lansing, Michigan (yes, who
All I do is try to make it simple, the ones that make it complicated never get congratulated – Kid Cudi Hey. You. Yes, you. The one who isn’t in the medical profession. It’sa me, Mario! More specifically, I’m a student in my fourth and final year of medical school. You’re here because you’ve
“If you want to take care of people, do medicine. If you want to fix people, do surgery.” – Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Vascular Surgery – Eskenazi Hospital For my next rotation, it was off to Eskenazi Hospital. This is one of the three Level 1 trauma centers in Indiana, all of which are located in
“Pardon my English, I am a French” – My plastic surgery attending physician My first rotation of my third year of medical school is over. In true fashion of the last few years, it seems that the 5 weeks I spent on that rotation sat somewhere between a compressed and stretched version of the space-time continuum.
The ISTEP, the SAT, the MCAT, and now the USMLE. These are a series of acronyms that evoke a primal, almost nauseating response among those of us that have fought the gauntlet of standardized testing for the majority of our lives. It is monumental tests like this: single-day, multiple-hour, multiple-subject, and multiple headache-inducing exams that convert
There were a lot of things that I didn’t understand when I first went to medical school. One of the things that’s become increasingly evident over the past two years is just how many people are involved in the care of a single patient. Healthcare, as it turns out, is a team game. Just to give
“Butts” -Steam profile of “Monsterzero”, who I play Counter-Strike with. I was really hoping I was going to write this post hopped-up on pain medication, but alas, that’s not the case. I had butt surgery. This post will be filled with plenty of cheeky puns. Can’t stop, won’t stop. Let’s rewind about 10 years or
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