On my first day of clinical placement, I met a patient who was going to die. I found myself speechless. What do you say to a patient resigned to his own fate? To a patient with rapid-onset cancer and for whom living months longer than his prognosis is his achievement? Are there words for such a…
A med student opens up about the culture of loneliness in med school, and how to overcome it. Great post.
As I mentioned I’ve concluded the first half of medical school, now I’m in Maine where I’ll prepare to take the first licensing exam and focus more on the clinical aspect of medicine (and recovering from a bout of illness). At my school 2 years worth of medical school is crammed into 15 months, 4…
Good read for anyone with thoughts of Med School and for the rest of us to realise how very difficult it is to become a Doctor!
