3 Reality Checks While Applying to Medical School
March 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm | In PreMed | Leave a CommentIt’s a tough, draining, and long process, no doubt. I’ve been there. I know exactly how it feels when others have more interviews or got a secondary from a school you really liked, or have like 5 acceptances by the end of September. Here’s how I got through it, and I think I managed my stress pretty darn well.
1. The personal statement is a time for you to figure out who you are, why you actually think that being a physician will be a fulfilling career, and why you’d be good at it. Really when you think about it, this is an awesome opportunity to reflect and think about what you really want to accomplish with your life. I’m very proud of my personal statement and I intend to use it to guide my decisions in the future.
2. This is nothing, wait until you are in medical school. If you complain all the time now, you need a reality check. Applying to medical school is easy as pie compared to what you’re about to go through!
3. You’re doing it for a reason, because you really want to be a doctor. Like you know, you’ve seen what its like, you want it. You really really want it. You’ve never wanted something this bad in your life. And when you get your first acceptance, you’re going to have tears of joy because you have the privilege and honor of being a doctor and all that it means to take care of folks at extremely vulnerable moments in their lives. You want it bad.
Do You Have a Living Will? (And Why You Should)
March 3, 2009 at 8:17 pm | In Professionalism | Leave a CommentAs a doctor or soon to be doctor, you’ll be educating your patients about making a living will so that their wishes about end-of-life care will be met in the event of an emergency. But do you have one? Have you ever thought about what you would like personally?
It’s important that providers think about their own living will, what they would consider and why, not only for their personal health and well-being, but for the sake of their families, and I would argue for the sake of their patients.
How can you honestly have a conversation with someone about a living will if you haven’t thought about it yourself? This is a great case of practicing what you preach.
As for myself, being young, I want to have everything thrown at me before the deal is done. My parents are in charge of any decisions made about my health and I will leave it in their good judgment and they know this. So go ahead, think about it! Talk about it with your family, friends, make sure they know what you want. It will make you a better doctor.
The Number One Thing to Remember About Money During Medical School
March 3, 2009 at 7:54 am | In Money Management | Leave a Comment
Live like a doctor now, live like a student later.
Live like a student now, live like a doctor later.
Here you can get a free download of a detailed budget for medical school that I made.
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