By Chaya Murali, MS4 It’s a standard part of the medical interview: family history. “Do you have a family history of cancer?” we ask our

By Anup Shah, MS3 There is no experience in medical school more socially baffling than the psychiatry rotation. Patients who seem to have completely lost

By Anup Shah, MS3 What do you think of when you think of doctors on TV? Definitely not the hours spent writing notes in the

He was the first patient of my MS2 year, and I was completely overwhelmed. Here was a real patient, who was really sick, and who

By Chaya Murali, MS4 They were an extremely cute couple. She had short brown hair and a sweet smile. His eyes were strikingly green, and

By Rachel Conrad, MS3 It was a busy afternoon for the Psychiatric Emergency Room. The whiteboard was smeared with bright streaks and dry erase marker

By Stephanie Spann, MS3 (Editor’s note: all names have been changed and identifying elements have been removed from this piece.) “Mr. Jones” is a 53

By Stephanie Spann, MS3 The color was radiant; vibrant; beautiful.  After a year of studying from the cadavers that were graciously donated to the school

By Anup Shah, MS3 During my preclinical year-and-a-half, I never understood the appeal of working in an outpatient setting. I like to consider myself a

By Donna Huang, MS4 It seemed like it was going to be a forgettable Thursday afternoon, until I met the patient patient. As part of