CHEFs in training
By Stephen Manning, MS2 I stood in nervous excitement over my specimen, ready to learn but worried that my naivete would be obvious to my
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Family trees
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
Read MoreDear psych patient:
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
Read MoreRotation advice from MS3s
By the MS3 Class Since Baylor College of Medicine’s preclinical curriculum is only 1.5 years, it often happens that the med students helping out the
Read MoreWho sits there?
By Stephen Manning, MS2 One afternoon during summer break, myself and seven other medical students led tours of Baylor College of Medicine for high schoolers interested
Read MoreThe first code
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
Read MoreWhy I became a medical student
By Lucy Zhu, MS2 Many people have various reasons for going to med school. “I come from a dynasty of doctors. So it seemed right.”
Read MoreMy next great teacher
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
Read MoreAll I could do
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
Read MoreChaos and catharsis
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
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