Pursuing a dream: poetry & medicine & a poem about a fig wasp
You only have one lifetime to be yourself
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Beyond the Impact Factor
What is an "Impact Factor"?
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Time Flies
"Time flies"â¦over and over in my life I have heard this saying, yet it has never been truer for me than after this year. Last post I was talking about planning Fall Ball and the med school tailga...
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It feels like a dream.
Hi everyone,
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M3 is Hard
Well, as a seasoned M3 (who is totally qualified to call herself this by dint of surviving almost one full week on Surgery), I have a bit of advice for those who are starting clinical rotations: it's ...
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Since when is there no snow on the ground…? Where does the time go?!?
The Infectious Disease sequence has officially been conquered! I've got to send much love out to the best lab partner that ever was, dearest Daniel who was an incredibly good sport about my, er⦠...
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Brains, Planes, and So Much Hand Sanitizer
The temperature is well above freezing, there are leafy green things growing outside, and the birds have come back in full force. I guess it's been a while since the last time I wrote considering that...
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Free at Last!
Well, it's finally over - I just took Step 1 this morning and am thrilled to be done! After sequestering myself in self-imposed isolation for the past month, I can now fully rejoin the land of the liv...
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Warning: This Post Contains Too Many Words
I'm a baddie for not having written in so long, forgive me! Extra-long post to make up for it? I hope? The primary culprit for my absence is a much beloved, but much time om-nom-nomming Umich Medical ...
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Step 1 studying is a lot like cleaning your room...
...it just gets so much more messy before it gets clean!
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Brain Surgery Under Kenyan Skies: My Month in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Kijabe Hospital
Even though I grew up in Kenya and made the drive often, there has always been something about the Great Rift Valley that inspires a sense of awe each time I see it. Perhaps, it is the sheer expanse o...
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Good Night and Good Luck!
After the Galens Smoker ended last week (I may still be suffering from a wee bit of withdrawal), my thoughts turned to the next big event on the horizon â the USMLE Step 1 exam. It has been hover...
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Whole world in his hands
There's nothing at all like holding another person's brain in the palm of your hands. As I stood there looking over a mostly-empty dissection table, the stark contrast was real. On the table, nearly n...
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Snow Days and the Windy City
Happy March and hello from CNS! At the beginning of each new block, I'm always both excited and nervous. I've heard quite a bit from various M2s about how CNS is a challenging block, mostly because th...
