What I learned from chocolate milk
As a third year medical student beginning my surgery rotation, I remember sitting in the conference room with the rest of my peers receiving our lists of what surgeons we would be working with during the rotation. For us who knew we weren’t going into surgery,...
Why I’m taking a leave of absence
A “leave of absence”…..what I really mean by that is I have reduced the number of patients I see a week to about half what I used to see and am still working the same number of hours per week. I’ve realized that physicians underestimate the...
The Magic Number: 10,000
Have you ever wondered if it is really necessary for doctors to go through a minimum of 11 years of training to be able to practice their field of medicine? I’m not going to lie- I have. After reading Malcolm Gladwell’s, Outliers, I realize again the value in the...