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Self Disclosure in Medicine
During the first week of second year we were surprised to learn that our first patient interaction would be in the form of a timed practical test. We were recorded taking a teenage patient’s history and performing a physical to…
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When Medicine Feels Hopeless
Doctors routinely come across tremendous obstacles while caring for their patients, and yet are expected to provide answers, treatments, and cures. Burdened by a sense of helplessness, some physicians lose hope. I recently read an article by an emergency physician.…
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Non-Traditional Student Personal Statement Example
Because many medical school applicants today are non-traditional students, we wanted to provide a successful non-traditional student personal statement example. Twenty-five years ago, I was delivered by C-section at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Despite my breech presentation I was expected…
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Emily’s Med School Summer: Part 1
After finishing the final set of exams from my first year of medical school, I am both relieved and shocked to have finished. I spent much of my first year learning how to be a medical student, without focusing much…
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Falling in Love… with Medical School
This week I said goodbye to my boyfriend of over a year. Without much introduction, here are my reflections on love in medical school. During orientation week, we did an exercise arranging cards with values on them. “Hard Work,” “Family,”…
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Emotional Intelligence in Medicine
This week, Emily discusses how she is developing her emotional intelligence along with her clinical knowledge in medical school. This block we are learning about the gastrointestinal tract – how food enters, travels through, and exits our bodies. We are…
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Emily’s Path Part 4: Doctor Parents
My parents are doctors – both oncologists to be precise. They met, fell in love, and married all while working together in Seattle’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Their careers diverged, but their profession remained the same and provided the medicine-saturated…
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Why Do I Have to Take Physics?
The premed track is notoriously onerous, requiring math, physics, general and organic chemistry, biology, and biochemistry, not to mention the additional required humanities courses. Won’t you be learning everything that you actually need in medical school? Do doctors actually use…
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Motivation for Medicine: This Moment
Since starting medical school a short three months ago, I have been told repeatedly what an exciting time it is for medicine. Implementation of the Affordable Care Act is underway – access to care will expand, demand for doctors will…
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Emily’s Path Part 3: A Supportive Partner
Applying to medical school takes a tremendous amount of effort. It is expensive and time-consuming, and can also be draining, frustrating, and even devastating for those of us that fail to matriculate the first (and second) time. As with other…
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