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Andrew Lea

Digitizing Diagnosis: A new book by fourth-year medical student Andrew Lea

May 5, 2022

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 forthcoming book, Digitizing Diagnosis: Minds, Medicine, and Machines in Twentieth-Century America, and the importance of historical perspective in medicine. Welcome! Tell us about your book. The book is about early […]

Margo Peyton ⋅ Honor Roll books, health humanities, history, History of medicine, medical student ⋅ 1 Comment

Young masked woman gets vaccinated.

The Boundaries We Cross

February 17, 2022

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?” I asked. She shook her head no. All around us, noise echoed off the tiled walls and wood floor of the elementary school gymnasium, the indistinct hum of voices, scrape […]

Maya Overby Koretzky ⋅ A Day in the Life coronavirus, covid-19, medical student, vaccines ⋅

Doctor teaching residents.

A Day When a Young Medical Student Tried to Feel Like an Expert Surgeon

February 15, 2022

I was a two-year medical student when our university in Iran decided to teach us how to perform some clinical skills through different stations with moulages and models. We had some medical equipment and devices in each station, and we had to choose and use the right ones. We were very excited and ready to […]

Fatemah Shojaeian ⋅ A Day in the Life clinical skills, medical school, medical student, Medical Training ⋅

The sun on the Baltimore horizon.

Seeking the Charm

February 10, 2022

Planning my move to Baltimore City, I persistently scoured the yearly lists of the “most dangerous cities in the United States” and found myself perpetually disheartened by Baltimore’s seemingly continuous success in topping that list. Friends and acquaintances who had previously been to Baltimore did not help either. Many made it their responsibility to warn […]

Patrick Debs ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, history, medical school, medical student ⋅

A confident senior woman smiles at a female healthcare professional during an annual physical exam.

Reflections on Aging and Geriatrics

February 8, 2022

As a third-year medical student in my mid-20s, there are many privileges associated with youth that I take for granted. In the winter of 2021, however, I elected to spend several weeks pursuing a rotation in geriatric psychiatry. I spent hours talking to older patients — in clinic, over the phone, in the inpatient unit […]

Isabella Pan ⋅ A Day in the Life aging, geriatrics, medical student, Patient Care ⋅

Baltimore

Making Baltimore Home

February 4, 2022

We searched on Petfinder and put in more applications for dogs than I had for medical schools. We wanted to find a small, older dog that might need a quieter home without other pets or children. As first-time pet owners, we did not hear back until a local rescue organization posted Archie. He was gray, […]

Margo Peyton ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, medical school, medical student, pets ⋅

Medical student holding model of heart

I Will Never Know His Name

November 4, 2021

For most medical students, human cadaver lab is a unique instruction methodology that allows them to learn from the human body with hands-on experience. This vestige of medical education brings with it the gravity of the sacrifices each donor has made. Read as one first-year medical student explores her thoughts and reactions to the completion of her cadaver lab experience.

Meher Kalkat ⋅ A Day in the Life anatomy lab, dissection, medical student ⋅

Person with their foot in a cast.

A Day in the Life: My Intern Year on a Knee Scooter

November 2, 2021

A devastating injury followed by subsequent complications — all within his first year of medical training. Nakul Bhardwaj discusses his path and lessons learned in his journey toward recovery and in his role as a concurrent patient and resident physician.

Nakul Bhardwaj ⋅ A Day in the Life medical student, mental health, physical therapy ⋅

A healthcare worker comforting a patient lying in a hospital bed.

A Hand on Her Shoulder

September 29, 2021

A medical student humbled to know how simple kindness can be — just a hand on her shoulder.

Mohammad Walid Aref ⋅ A Day in the Life compassion, emergency medicine, healthcare, medical student ⋅

Woman holding a pregnancy test.

Quieted Voices – My Week at the Family Planning Clinic

September 1, 2021

A medical student reflects on her time at the family planning clinic, calling for more support and understanding and an end to the harsh and unfair stigma.

Palak Patel ⋅ A Day in the Life medical student, patient experience, pregnancy ⋅

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