Guest Posts

Every doctor has been through the exhaustion of intern year. Now it’s our turn.  The thing is, when you’re in …

Problem: patients look to health professionals for sound nutrition advice, but most health professionals are not adequately trained to provide …

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” This famous quote, attributed—perhaps mistakenly—to Hippocrates, captures the essence of …

What’s it like? Many people wonder what it’s like to be an intern and how to succeed during your first year as a physician. Is it really as bad as everyone makes it out to be? Are you able to sleep without constantly thinking about your patients and the diagnoses that you may have missed? Were you compassionate and empathetic enough toward the family of the patient who was dying? …

“Time of death, 4:30 pm.” One week and two days into my intern year, I was the physician in the room. …

On Learning Fire hose? You know the analogy: the volume of information in medical school is a fire hose that …

Walking up to the admissions desk I knew the routine. I stretched out my arm for my hospital band. A …

“This 23-year-old young man is at approximately 6 months post-significant traumatic brain injury as a result of an assault with …

As Standardized Patients (SPs), we go through different stages with you on your journey to be a medical practitioner. We …