“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…
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 and cutting-edge journals, and attend conferences in order to stay…
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…
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 my life, I had an overwhelming sense of impending failure…
“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 the material, has low confidence in her ability to perform…