Closing the healthcare gap for vulnerable populations
Outside of LP, my most memorable patient encounters thus far have been through volunteering with the New Life Free Clinic on Sunday mornings from 7-9am. Unlike all other clinics, this one is super casual. I show up in a T-shirt…
Lifelong Growth as a Student and Provider
One of the biggest areas of growth in medical school for me thus far has been in taking charge of my own learning and success. It was so easy during our first year to get caught up in how everyone…
Putting Medical School In It’s Place
I consider myself lucky having not experienced burnout to a significant degree thus far in medical school. Having looked at the statistics and heard firsthand from older students, including close friends, about how pervasive burnout is, I was fully expecting…
Striking a Balance in Patient Care
One of my earliest LP experiences was with a teenage girl who had just been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Her mother was with her, and they were both distraught over the diagnosis and were overwhelmed with trying to decide…
A Reconsidering of What it Means to be Professional
Professionalism is a tricky topic for me. When I first think of the word, I picture a stuffy, old-school doctor’s office with a very formal patient interaction and this paternalistic view of care in the relationship. I have this image…