A Letter to the Patient I’ll Never See
I sit down to look through your chart, mentally preparing myself to sift through clinical variables for hours, amalgamating them with those of other patients… Read More »A Letter to the Patient I’ll Never See
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A Day to Remember
I remember a June day in my family’s Seoul apartment when I was in a celebratory mood following my college graduation. It was a day… Read More »A Day to Remember
Step by Step — What Completing an Ironman Taught Me About Medical Training
Photo courtesy of the author. Second-year medical students Luke Tomasovic, left, and Thomas Su at the finish line of the 2023 IRONMAN Maryland. At the… Read More »Step by Step — What Completing an Ironman Taught Me About Medical Training
Reflections from International Scholarly Concentration Research
Photos courtesy of the author. Guest blogger, Emily Rodriguez, is a second-year medical student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. When I decided… Read More »Reflections from International Scholarly Concentration Research
A Journey Through the History of Medicine: Lessons from the Ottoman Archive
Photos courtesy of the author. Guest blogger, Yusuf Ciftci, is a medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The Sultanate of Rum ruled… Read More »A Journey Through the History of Medicine: Lessons from the Ottoman Archive
Across Generation Lines: The Importance of Studying Elderly Populations
“Why would you want to study that?” This is a question I have received when I share that I research the genetics of frailty —… Read More »Across Generation Lines: The Importance of Studying Elderly Populations
Technology, Progress, and the Pandemic
I graduated college and started my M.D./Ph.D. training in 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a remarkable time to enter… Read More »Technology, Progress, and the Pandemic
The Progressing Path
As I enter my fourth year of medical school and make plans for residency and beyond, I realize that I have spent much of the… Read More »The Progressing Path
Digitizing Diagnosis: A new book by fourth-year medical student Andrew Lea
I recently sat down with Andrew Lea, a fourth-year medical student who holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and medicine. We discussed his… Read More »Digitizing Diagnosis: A new book by fourth-year medical student Andrew Lea
The Boundaries We Cross
There was a new vaccinator in the clinic, a first-year medical student hovering nervously in the corner of the room. “Have you done this before?”… Read More »The Boundaries We Cross