My personal journey with mindfulness
The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates A month ago, I had a nagging urge to shift my life in a different direction. I felt my life was greatly misaligned with my goals, and that I wasn’t as productive…
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The Trauma Series
It’s another dull and cloudy morning in Nairobi. The sun has barely cleared the horizon, yet your day is already underway. Congratulations you’ve made it past your pre-clinical years! And for that, you have been granted a lifetime membership at…
Impression Management: how confidence and first impressions can earn you a positive bias in your clinical years
Impression management, also called perception management, refers to the conscious or unconscious attempt to influence other people’s perceptions through regulation or control of information in social interactions. The concept behind impression management was brought forward by Erving Goffman in 1959…
Dating in Medical School: A Student’s Perspective
Dating in medical school can be a complex and challenging experience, characterized by a unique set of opportunities and obstacles. The demanding nature of medical education, combined with the intense workload and long hours, can significantly impact the social and…
The Support System, A Student’s Perspective
“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 school. To tell the truth, the atmosphere was tense…
Treatment: PO Glucose 50g PRN, and a friend
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 spoke to us, not even my sister that was in…