Two weeks ago, a medical student contacted me to seek some career advice. I was prepared to offer my usual reassurance and support, but the advice he was seeking was different. He asked, “Should I take a year off to pursue an internship with a public relations firm?”...

You look down at your notes, organized perfectly from the Subjective information down to the Plan, and feel your palms sweating. Your heart starts to race, your breathing becomes heavier and more laborious. You feel the collective gaze of the clinical staff –...

In my experience, Networking has been neither familiar nor comfortable to most medical students. In my second year I attended a lunch lecture on Leadership, and when the topic of networking arose a first year asked, “isn’t networking kind of like using people?” That...

Back in the 80’s, when I was a kid, we talked about what we wanted to be when we grew up. We talked about being a doctor, and what that would entail…

What is achievement really about? Is it about getting good grades? No real achievement is about something else.

Most of us “commute” through life. We need a different mentality. True excellence is developed over time with small, intentional, positive choices. In the beginning the effects are not very noticeable, but over time, the effect ‘compounds’ and you will find yourself transformed.

Let me pose a question to you. Think back to college.What was some of the aspects of college which were to most meaningful?

Can you get good grades and still be miserable? Absolutely. How do you create the experience that you want for med school?

Reflections on finishing my first clerkship rotation in my 3rd Year in Family Medicine.

In one week, there are 168 hours. For about 40 hours, give or take, you have the ability to make the week meaningful. Don’t let those hours be overtaken by inertia.

One of the most difficult training regimens today is the BUD/S training for Navy SEALs. What can we learn from that for medical training?

The lecturing professor asked us, “what do ptosis, miosis and anhydrosis make you think abou-“, and before he could finish his question…