In the Back Row of medical school, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups: the right side, who learn how to be doctors, and the left side, who blog. These are their stories.
I spent this past weekend in Atlanta for my cousin's wedding. As I stood in line with my other cousin to get food at the buffet, a tall stranger with a straggly beard chatted with us.
"Where you from?" he asked us.
"North Carolina," I said...
There are many reasons that I think a hospital on a hill is a bad idea. Here are my top 5:1) Sick people don't have the strength to climb hills2) Parking3) Ambulances are not the best vehicles to speed up winding steep roads4) Earthquakes +...
I am currently doing my fourth month-long away elective in Portland. I now realize that while I know I don't want to stay in Ohio for residency, getting out of Ohio for 4 whole months probably wasn't the best plan. I was exposed to H1N1 in multiple...
In the Sex and the City episode "A Woman's Right to Shoes," Carrie attends her married friend's baby shower. The host insists she take off her Manolo Blahniks upon entering her penthouse apartment. But when Carrie leaves, the Manolos have been stolen,...