Meet the author
My name is Emily, and I am a third year Internal Medicine Resident in Phoenix, Arizona. I live with my husband Nicholas and my daughters Anika and Ayla. I hope you enjoy my blog!
Tag Archives: Medical Specialty
Playing Doctor
The past week I had three different labs to learn some new procedures. I never really thought much about performing procedures when I decided to go to med school. I love taking histories and performing physical exams and trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Medical School, Medical Specialty, Patient, Pre-Med
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One. More. Week.
Only one more week of the semester left. I absolutely cannot wait for it to be over. It is amazing how much more information you cover in a semester versus a quarter. I have a block exam on Monday, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Internal Medicine, Medical School, Medical Specialty, Patient, Pre-Med, Standardized Patient
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School Physicals
This week I got to help with school physicals for some of the first graders here in Kirksville. I was really excited to be paired with first grade this year. Last year I had junior high, which is not my … Continue reading
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Tagged Internal Medicine, Medical School, Medical Specialty, Patient
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The Three-Year Med School
I recently read an article discussing “The Three-Year Medical School” as a solution to increasing debt for medical students, especially those going into family medicine. If you want, you can view that article here. Here is my take on it … Continue reading
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Tagged Medical School, Medical Specialty, Patient
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Stop This Train
Next week is fall break…which means that my second year of med school is one-fourth of the way over. School is going way too fast, and it is a little scary. In only ten short months, I will start seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Medical School, Medical Specialty, Patient, Pre-Med, Standardized Patient
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Hospital Day
Today was Hospital Day at my school. It isn’t a big deal or anything, but a bunch of representatives from different sites set up booths. It gives us a chance to ask questions about rotation sites for the next two … Continue reading
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Tagged Medical School, Medical Specialty, Pre-Med
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Future Emily
There is a saying in my circle when we don’t want to worry about something – we say, “Oh that’s future so-and-so’s problem.” For instance, if I had a quiz in a few days that I didn’t want to study … Continue reading
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Tagged Internal Medicine, Medical School, Medical Specialty, Pre-Med
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Elementary, My Dear Watson
The thing that has most drawn me to become a physician is the classic art of diagnosis. Ever since I was a kid, I have loved to solve problems. Puzzles, board games, Sudoku – these are all things that I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Internal Medicine, Medical Specialty
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my first patient 