Managing depression and learning how to ‘feel good’
After my surgery rotation, I was in a very bad place. I felt like two months of grueling work hours
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Progress Notes
Reflections on Matthew Carter Service Day
Every year on a Saturday in early September, Baylor College of Medicine students set aside time to volunteer at local
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Dysarthria: Remembering the humanity in medicine
It is my second week on my neurology rotation. I pick up a new patient who was admitted overnight. Mr.
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Patient zero: Finding confidence as a first-year medical student
“Go check on the patient in room ten. She has alcohol-induced cirrhosis and is on the transplant list.” My preceptor’s
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Fears of first-year medical students: How to cope
At the beginning of the school year, we asked our incoming first-year medical school students about some of their fears.
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Reflections on my first white coat
It was finally beginning to feel real. Over the past few weeks, I had experienced many of the exciting (and
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My first prescription as a student doctor: Self care
I vividly recall my first preceptorship experience at a community health clinic and my second patient, Ms. H. At the
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Honoring donors through poetic reflection
Editor’s note: It’s an honor to introduce the poems of two of my classmates with whom I had the opportunity
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Remembering that patients are human too
It took about eight months of clinics before my first patient passed away. I routinely felt death (and life) passing
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Makers, Minders, and a Medical Student: Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone
Huy Nguyen is a first-year MBA candidate at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. He is pursuing
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