Medicine
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It’s funny how everyone celebrates your medical milestones — the white coat, the titles, the achievements — while you stand there remembering everything it took to get here. Because it was never just medicine. It’s always been more than that. It’s the quiet sacrifices — the hours of sleep you traded, the family dinners you
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Among the many skills we must learn as doctors in training, breaking bad news is one of the hardest. It’s a skill we’re expected to master, yet it’s one we secretly hope we’ll never need. The truth is—we don’t want to face it at all. In a field often filled with sugar and spice, where
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If you’re not a parent yet or not hitched, this post is also for you. Romanticizing residency is all about the little things. What counts the most is being grateful for those trivial moments. Like, notwithstanding waking up in the middle of the night, at dawn, when the sun is set to rise, and my
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I’m three months into my residency, and it’s been turbulent. At least, my feelings are. One day, you are excited at what this program offers and the exposure you’re provided with; another day, you are taunting your decision to apply to the program in the first place. But one thing I was mindful of was
Beyond the Scrubs 