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Friday, December 26, 2014

Being the Patient

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Labels: blog, Dominican Republic, food-borne illness, gastroenteritis, hospital, Medscape, normal saline, travel, WebMD

2014 AAMC Nickens Award Winner

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Monday, December 22, 2014

What's On Your Table?

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Labels: blog, food, global health, health disparities, Medscape, photography, WebMD

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Can't Wait for Winter Break!

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Labels: blog, medical school, Medscape, neurology, third year, vacation, WebMD

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Small Gestures at the VA Hospital

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Labels: blog, medical school, Medscape, neurology, patient care, third year, VA Hospital, Veterans, WebMD

Friday, November 14, 2014

Health Disparities in Infancy

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Labels: blog, childhood, development, food desert, health disparities, Medscape, nutrition, pediatrics, public health, social determinants, WebMD

Friday, November 7, 2014

Healthcare That is Proactive, Not Reactive

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Labels: blog, Google, Medscape, nanotechnology, preventive medicine, primary care, WebMD, world health organization

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

A Paternalistic Mistake

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Labels: birth control, blog, contraception, medical school, Medscape, paternalism, pregnancy, STI, third year, WebMD, women's health

Monday, October 27, 2014

Direct Primary Care

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Labels: blog, direct primary care, Erika Bliss, family medicine, family medicine education consortium, medical school, Medscape, primary care, Qliance, Washington State, WebMD

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Baby Steps

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Labels: blog, diabetes, medical school, Medscape, primary care, social determinants, WebMD

Saturday, October 11, 2014

A New Way to Learn About Abortion

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Labels: abortion, blog, distance learning, family planning, medical education, medical school, Medscape, online course, public health, University of California, WebMD

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Mental Health and Physicians

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Labels: adjusting to medical school, blog, clerkship, Medscape, mental health, psychiatry, residency, suicide, the Differential, WebMD

Friday, September 19, 2014

Realizing Strengths and Weaknesses

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Labels: blog, clinical rotations, medical education, medical school, Medscape, teaching, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Life on Nights

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Labels: blog, labor and delivery, medical school, Medscape, night shift, obstetrics, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Abortion: a Constitutional Right and Contentious Topics

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Labels: abortion, blog, Dr. Tiller, Medscape, Texas, third year, third-trimester abortion, WebMD

Thursday, August 28, 2014

My First Delivery

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Labels: blog, labor and delivery, medical school, Medscape, midwifery, ob/gyn, obstetrics, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Pushing It to the Limit

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Labels: blog, gynecology, medical school, Medscape, ob/gyn, obstetrics, pelvic exam, the Differential, third year, time management, WebMD, women

Monday, August 11, 2014

Do We Need a Fourth Year?

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Labels: accelerated MD programs, blog, clinical rotations, fourth year, medical education, medical school, Medscape, NYU, primary care, the Differential, UC-Davis, University of California, WebMD

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

A Whirlwind Week

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Labels: blog, cyst, family medicine, InterACT, longitudinal integrated clerkship, medical school, Medscape, pap smear, St. Luke's, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Monday, July 28, 2014

A Happy Birth Day

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Labels: baby, blog, Caesarean section, medical school, Medscape, obstetrics, operating room, pediatrics, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Monday, July 21, 2014

Halfway Through My First Rotation

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Labels: blog, clinical rotations, medical school, Medscape, pediatrics, shelf exams, the Differential, time management, WebMD

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Did You Enjoy Your First Week?

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Monday, June 30, 2014

Getting Mixed Messages About Third Year

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Labels: blog, medical school, Medscape, orientation, studying, team approach, third year, WebMD

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Relaxing After a Marathon

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Labels: blog, medical school, Medscape, Puerto Rico, relaxing, Step 1, studying, the Differential, USMLE, WebMD

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Nearing the Finish Line!

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Labels: blog, Brooklyn Bridge Park, medical school, Medscape, studying, the Differential, USMLE, WebMD, work-life balance, World Science Festival

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Sticking With Step 1 Studying

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Labels: blogs, medical school, Medscape, standardized tests, Step 1, studying, the Differential, USMLE, WebMD

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Family Doctor Day

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Labels: AAFP, blog, choosing a specialty, Family Doctor Day, family medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Institute for Family Health, medical school, Medscape, Neil Calman, the Differential, WebMD

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Goodbye Second Year

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Labels: adjusting to medical school, blog, medical school, Medscape, second year, Step 1, the Differential, USMLE, WebMD

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

An Outsider Looking In

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Labels: blog, clinical rotations, medical school, Medscape, pediatrics, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Monday, April 28, 2014

Get Sterilized, Get $300

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Labels: addiction, bioethics, blog, contraception, eugenics, medical school, Medscape, Project Prevention, reproductive rights, sterilization, substance abuse, the Differential, VICE, WebMD

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Just Keep Writing

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Labels: blog, David Hellerstein, Jacob Appel, medical school, Medscape, Michael Berman, physician-writer narrative medicine, the Differential, The Rossi, WebMD

Monday, April 14, 2014

Getting Past the Angst

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Labels: adolescent health, blog, medical school, Medscape, mental health, patient care, sickle cell, substance use, WebMD

Monday, April 7, 2014

My Six Med School Commandments

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Labels: blog, medical school, Medscape, Step I, stress, the Differential, USMLE, WebMD

Friday, March 21, 2014

Match Day 2014

Here I am, two years later, writing about Match Day. Check out my latest post on the Differential: Match Day 2014. You can also read what I thought about Match Day in 2012.

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Labels: Emory University, Harvard, match day, medical school, Medscape, the Differential, University of California, USCF, WebMD

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The Waiting Room

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Labels: Almeida county, California, emergency medicine, health equity, Medscape, Oakland, the Differential, The Waiting Room, underserved, WebMD

Is Standardized Testing Fair?

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Labels: ACT, blog, Bronx Science, college, MCAT, medical school, Medscape, SAT, specialized high schools, SSHAT, standardized tests, the Differential, WebMD

Friday, February 28, 2014

Third Year, Here I Come!

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Labels: clinical rotations, InterACT, longitudinal integrated clerkship, medical schools, Medscape, the Differential, third year, WebMD

Thursday, February 27, 2014

An End to Itchiness?

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Labels: atopic dermatitis, blog, cutaneous horn, dermatology, eczema, itch, medical school, Medscape, New York Times, temple university, University of Washington, WebMD

Thursday, February 13, 2014

LICs: A Different Spin on Third Year

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Minority Faculty: Isolated and Invisible?

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Labels: academic medicine, blog, community health, disparities, Medscape, minority faculty, minority issues, the Differential, WebMD

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Health Disparities Among Physicians

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Labels: blog, choosing a specialty, dermatology, family medicine, health disparities, marriage, Medscape, obesity, ophthalmology, overweight, physicians, the Differential, vacation, WebMD, work-life balance

Growing Into a Doctor

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Labels: blog, doctoring, medical education, medical school, medical training, Medscape, OSCE, patient history, physical exam, the Differential, WebMD

Monday, January 6, 2014

Drawing Blood

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Good Reads

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Preparing to Ring in the New Year

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