This isn't how I pictured ending year three in medicine is like. It would have more exciting and less stressful. There would have been a celebratory samgyup with my friends, a post-finals date with my sweetheart, and a heartfelt thanksgiving Sabbath. But then again, the pandemic. Right. The stress I had to go through in … Continue reading Officially A Clinical Clerk
Category: Stethoscope Stories
The long journey to becoming a Medical Doctor.
The Online Class Dilemma
Recently, I wrote about my thoughts on how unfortunate 2020 is for doctors-to-be. Well the dilemma isn't over yet. We had a meeting with our dean and the head of the Medical Education Unit today. We were oriented on how our clerkship set-up would be for the next two months. Our hospital rotation schedules were … Continue reading The Online Class Dilemma
Things I Learned in Medical School So Far
Upon writing, I am an incoming Clinical Clerk*. A fourth year medical student. A junior intern. I'm sure there'll be more things I'll learn for the next few months but I felt the need to sum up my academic years* in this one long read before my clinical years commence. *clinical clerk - the lowest … Continue reading Things I Learned in Medical School So Far
Medical School: The First Time I Cried
Recently, I saw a post on social media from a doctor/influencer asking medstudents if they can remember when was the first time they cried in medical school. It got me thinking. I sure do remember a lot of times when I cried. But when was the first time? And why? Was it because of academics? … Continue reading Medical School: The First Time I Cried
The Unfortunate Year For Doctors-To-Be
This COVID-19 pandemic has brought inconveniences to all of us. Some only to a lesser extent while some has to actually press pause to their entire lives. Whether you're in the former or the latter, we're all on the same bottomline: this is an unfortunate year. This is true especially to us doctors-to-be and incoming … Continue reading The Unfortunate Year For Doctors-To-Be
Mental Resilience
It's the second week of our online exams which culminates our three-year classroom set-up trainings in medical school. Exams, whether online or not, has always been a test of not only knowledge but mental resilience as well. Tonight, one of our professors, a frontliner in the battle against COVID-19 sent us a message which opened … Continue reading Mental Resilience
