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“A doctor’s mission should not be just to prevent death, but to improve the quality of life. You treat a disease, you win-you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you’ll win, no matter what the outcome” – Patch Adams (1998) It’s that time of year where everyone begins residency applications and you commonly hear […]

I’m now 1 week into my PM&R elective at Mayo Clinic and it’s been nothing but an amazing experience all around. First of all, and probably most importantly, this past week has convinced me that PM&R is the perfect field for me.  I spent the first week on the outpatient side, but the subject matter […]

I came across some social media posts today that reminded me of the start of what has been a challenging but insightful journey for me over the past year. I’ve wanted to post some reflections on what has transpired and this seemed like a good time. Last April, during my second year of school, I […]

I just finished my first week on OB/GYN. At IU, we do 5.5 weeks on this rotation, with half of the time devoted to obstetrics and the other half on gynecology. The OB service is spent on labor and delivery, so our days consist of taking care of pregnant women and delivering their babies. I’m […]

I’ve spent this past week on my anesthesia rotation and there have been quite a few first time experiences. Anesthesia gives students a lot of opportunities to do hands on work and learn some basic skills of patient care. This past week I successfully intubated a patient (place a breathing tube during surgery), bag-mask ventilated […]

So it’s been a while since I posted anything and it’s time for an update! I finished up my internal medicine rotation back at the end of January and just recently finished my subsurgical weeks. At IU, we get 4 weeks during our third year in which we get to spend time in different surgical […]

I get this question a lot when I tell family (and even med school friends) what I’m interested in specializing in. In fact, it was a question I had to ask initially, as well. So what am I talking about? Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, or PM&R as we’ll call it, and it’s the field of […]

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted and now Im on my Internal Medicine rotation. Overall, its been a pretty busy couple of weeks. First for me is the inpatient month, which means I spend my days in the hospital, rounding on patients and doing your typical “medicine” type stuff. So far it hasn’t […]

One more rotation has come and gone! I can honestly say psychiatry has been the clerkship i’ve probably learned the most on during this year. I wouldn’t say it was my favorite, as I really can’t see myself as a psychiatrist based on a variety of things, but I really felt like I learned a […]