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Almost There by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I am currently on the last rotation of my medical school career. It’s a 4-week elective called Whole Person Care. One week down. Three weeks to go. A few weeks ago th ... Read on »

Film & Medicine by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Aside from my pathophysiology paper that was due last Friday (which I need to start finish sometime today), I am done with that two week elective. Tomorrow I start ... Read on »

Death Is Hard by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc In the past I have found it easy to say that it is harder to see a sick, hospitalized child than a sick, hosptitalized elderly patient. It is easy to reason that the senio ... Read on »

Fitness, Health, & Relationships by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc A few years ago I heard of husbands (or fiances) requiring of their brides(-to-be) a contractual agreement to maintain their figure throughout their marriage. I laughed. R ... Read on »

Tears by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I used to say that I am immune to tears. I grew up with a baby sister. I saw many tears. And admittedly, some were caused by me. But I have realized that I am not as ... Read on »

Emails by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I do my best to answer all emails I receive. Admittedly, sometimes there may be a few that slip through the cracks. As I do have a smartphone, the emails come right t ... Read on »

How Do You Like Loma Linda? by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc How do you like Loma Linda? Over the course of this interview season, this is a question that I have been asked numerous times. The person asking me really doesn’t ca ... Read on »

on to graduation by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Since I started medical school, I get the occasional item in the mail that looks like this — a letter addressing me as Dr. W. The front of the envelop usually says ... Read on »

7 Weeks by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc This week I am beginning my three weeks of Christmas vacation. Following those three weeks I have scheduled 4 weeks of vacation time. All in all, that’s 7 straight weeks o ... Read on »

Veterinarians and Pediatricians (and Pediatric ER Physicians too) by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I’ve always thought that veterinarians have it tough. They see patients who cannot communicate. Their patients don’t speak or complain of symptoms. So veterinarians have t ... Read on »

Why I Can’t Do Emergency Medicine by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I can’t do Emergency Medicine. I do not like the environment of the ED. I don’t feel comfortable there. It has nothing to do with the people who work there. It has everyth ... Read on »

Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc It’s been a while since I have posted here. It’s been stressful lately with application going out, asking for letters of recommendation, waiting for word from programs. ... Read on »

That swell feeling… by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Today.. for the first time since I have been seeing patients… I felt like tears were possible; I felt that if I allowed it, MY tears would flow. Or at least trickle out. N ... Read on »

My Weekend Rant by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc As I walked through the hallway of the Emergency Department, my eyes fell upon one particular gurney that was parked against a wall. It was a typical night in the ED. Peop ... Read on »

The Almost-Kamikaze American Pilots by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since the Twin Towers fell. In these last few days there have been numerous articles about that day and of memorials being held in NYC. ... Read on »

Call Day by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Our team was on short call today. The intern and senior resident were raving about ZDoggMD and his videos. This is his parody of Rebecca Black’s song “Friday.” ... Read on »

Internists Are Hilarious! by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Internists are hilarious! Read on »

LLU School of Medicine Student Blogs by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Apparently Loma Linda University School of Medicine has started a group blog for students from LLU. This is the first I’ve heard of it. And it looks fairly new. I’m g ... Read on »

Medical Humor: Is She Dilated? by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc The following is something going around on the Internet. Not sure if it really happened, but I’d like to think it did. ***** Doctor: Go see this patient, she’s go ... Read on »

Resource for Pre-med Students by Jeff W. Medical Student

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Mike, who is currently a fourth year medical student at UCLA has put together quite a resource for those who are interested in getting into medical school. Those of you wh ... Read on »

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