In a candid piece, Hamsika Chandrasekar shares the challenges of being a third-year medical student.
Author: Hamsika Chandrasekar
Goodbye: Looking back on four years of medical school
Somehow, time has passed, and this is my last entry on Stanford Medicine Unplugged. It feels like just months ago that my classmates and I …
When residency starts before medical school ends
At long last, the day of graduation -- not only from medical school but from a lifetime of schooling -- is within reach. In less …
Match Day 2017: A student’s timeline
Explaining the matching process to family and friends over the past several months has been… challenging, to say the least. The conversations usually went something …
My quest for health insurance: One medical student’s story
Just a few weeks ago, I aged out of my parents’ insurance plan and scrambled to find my own coverage that would tide me over …
Guidance on the residency application process
After traipsing about the country for residency interviews, I'm happily back in the Bay Area, with time to reflect on what a whirlwind process applying …
From one student to another: The benefits of working with other medical trainees
The past three and a half years have flown by, and somehow, I’m completely done with clinical rotations!! I just finished up on the pediatric …
Using storytelling to gain insight into patient perspectives on disease
As medical students, we have the privilege of crossing paths with dozens, if not hundreds, of patients over the course of our training. But our …
What does it take to coordinate patient care?
As a clinical student, I’ve been a part of dozens of outpatient clinic visits, but several days ago, I witnessed a clinic visit much unlike …
Why do we stereotype so much in medicine?
“I could never go into that specialty. They’re so passive aggressive.” “Those residents are so catty.” “Oh, them? They don’t even know their patient’s names.” …
There’s nothing quite like medicine to cultivate humility
There was a morning where I felt like the smallest human being on earth. It was a morning spent in the OR, where it seemed …
Dear Future Self, this is the type of resident you should be
Dear Future Self, Remember that day on surgery you stepped into the OR for the first time? How you had no idea you were supposed …
What happens when you can’t communicate with your patient?
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
My struggles with the third-year of med school – and the words that helped me
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
Empathy and the darker side of pediatrics
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
Two weeks in Humboldt County, Calif.: Insight into rural medicine
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …