In a candid piece, Hamsika Chandrasekar shares the challenges of being a third-year medical student.
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 …
At long last, the day of graduation -- not only from medical school but from a lifetime of schooling -- is within reach. In less …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 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, Remember that day on surgery you stepped into the OR for the first time? How you had no idea you were supposed …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
