Motherhood | Medicine | Travel
I am beyond excited to have Medical Education Monday back this week with Renate from “The Regatta” as our guest. Renate is a 20 year old South African medical student in her second year of medical education. She is interested…
A few weeks ago, while I was consumed with memorizing what causes a left shift on the O2 Dissociation Curve, I received an email that made me giddy with excitement and overwhelmed with gratitude. MomMD.com, a site I’ve frequented many…
July 13 – July 19
As a medical student on the inpatient Internal Medicine floor my job is not just to learn about history-taking and practice my physical exam skills, it’s to be a part of the team caring for real, live patients. I actually have…
July 6 – July 12 Day 8: Homemade fajitas with sautéed veggies and tomatoes from Granny’s garden. Delicious. Day 9: I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV…and by TV I mean my imagination. Day 10: Dinner at…
Mind on Medicine has FINALLY moved over to it’s new WordPress home. If you’re reading this in a reader you probably didn’t even notice. If you will, I’d love for you to click on out of your reader and come…
Photo Credit: digitalart Since the day I started medical school…actually probably more accurately since the day I started telling people I wanted to go to medical school…people have been asking me what kind of doctor I want to be and…
June 29, 2011 – July 5, 2011 Day 1: View I woke up to this morning, spoiled much? Day 2: First snow cone of the year & it’s almost July…how!? Day 3: New baby niece, Jaycee – 9 days old…
is about to drastically change.My job is no longer simply learning about the basic science of disorders and regurgitating answers on exams…starting next week I get my first real taste of what a doctor does. My first clinical rotation is Internal…
I was three and she was 24 when we left – for years the alcohol and drugs precipitated the fighting, which brought on the feelings of guilt, which inevitably lead to more drinking. It was a vicious cycle…