How Kobe Bryant Led Me to Medicine
After Kobe Bryant’s tragic death, a medical student reflects on the ways the basketball icon inspired him to overcome personal challenges and develop an interest in medicine.
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The Human Behind the Body: A Medical Student’s Experience with Cadaveric Dissection
The hardest part about dissecting Sir was when he no longer looked human. When we had cut and sawed and scraped to the point when… Read More »The Human Behind the Body: A Medical Student’s Experience with Cadaveric Dissection
From Home to Hopkins
At 11 p.m. PST on July 5 — less than three hours after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled my home in Southern California — shock… Read More »From Home to Hopkins
Movie Review of “End Game”
Guest post by medical student Barry Bryant. The original article can be found on Closler.org. “End Game” is an Oscar-nominated short documentary directed by Rob… Read More »Movie Review of “End Game”
On Kindness
“Whatever happens tomorrow you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man.” This… Read More »On Kindness
Lessons from the Wards
At the end of May, I finished graduate school and resumed medical school. Returning to clinical rotations with a fresh perspective, I have been able… Read More »Lessons from the Wards
The Simplest of Remedies: Rediscovering the Experience of Healing
I sat, enveloped by the clinic’s dusty walls and chalky smell. It felt as if a fog of gray haze had descended over the building… Read More »The Simplest of Remedies: Rediscovering the Experience of Healing
The Hidden Joys of Medical School
I finished my first marathon last week, a personal mental marathon that took hundreds of hours to complete—my first year of medical school. Our last… Read More »The Hidden Joys of Medical School
Inside a Med Student’s Mind On a Patient Visit
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Learning from Willard Standiford’s 50 Years in Medicine
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell observes that in many different fields, it seems to require roughly 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert. By… Read More »Learning from Willard Standiford’s 50 Years in Medicine
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