Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction. E.F. Schumacher The…
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Success is a few simple disciplines, practised every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day” Jim Rohn The idea of ‘1% each day’ reflects…
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“Get a support system or else this course is going to drag you through the mud.” These are the words said by my Professor during my first Biochemistry lecture in…
Medical education has a heafty price tag on it making it unattainable to passionate clinicians and students, especially in developing countries. Traditionally, the framework would be to read expensive books…
Nothing can really HONESTLY prepare you for the workload of med school. At least, nothing had prepared me. Not the YouTube videos, not the high school alumni that came and…
I performed dismally at the beginning of my third year of medical school. This came as no surprise because writing those exams was one of the most challenging tasks of…
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know” Albert Einstein Safia, Wepukhulu, and Karimi have an upcoming anatomy exam. Safia, who has been struggling with…