med school
10 things I wish I’d known before starting med school
Jul 8th
It’s still a bit weird for me to know that I’m now officially a second-year medical student, but here’s my best shot at some pearls of wisdom! You really have to love medicine. If I offered you $100 million to quit medicine forever, you should be able to say no without looking back. I realize [...]
Bellybuttons: innie or outie?
Jun 16th
Interesting question came up on Quora, and I thought I’d share. Someone asked what determines whether we get innies or outies. Having never covered this in anatomy, I decided to investigate. Spent a few hours in the library researching ob/gyn, anatomy, and physiology texts, and also had a talk with one of my anatomy profs [...]
Hey Jae: have you ever seen a med student with a disability?
May 19th
Have you ever seen a med student with a disability (a mild physical impairment in which the student doesn’t use a wheelchair)? If so, what were others’ reactions/how were they treated? Short answer: no, to the best of my recollection I have never seen a medical student with a physical impairment worth noting. Long answer: [...]
How to ace the med school personal statement
May 15th
OK, so a lot of my friends are applying to medical school this year, and I’m getting requests for tips on how to write a killer medical school personal statement. I’ve read and given feedback on all of my friends…and honestly, I still don’t think I quite know how to distill the essence of a [...]
Conundrums of healthcare software
May 12th
As someone with programming background muddling my way through the medical field, I’ve come to realize there are monumental issues with the software that is used in the field today–different systems flat-out refuse to talk with each other, analytics software is non-existent, and interfaces are horrendously non-user-friendly. Why, oh why, in 2010, do we not [...]