The Dying Man
The Dying Man by Janie Cao A few years ago, I spent half my day with a dying man. I
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Clinical
Discontinuity in Care
My resident tries fairly hard to take care of his patients. When he is with them, I catch him paying
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“Listen to understand” not “listen to reply”
A two-month stint at the oncology department in a Singapore government hospital has provided me with vivid examples of the
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If you don’t ask, you’ll never know
On the first day of my first rotation as a medical student, my preceptor shared this bit of wisdom: if
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Running Low and No Longer Running
I recently completed a rotation in endocrinology, and I learned valuable lessons about diabetes management in both the inpatient and
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The Day I Took off my White Coat
The man in scrubs stands in the middle of the room. He has a blood-filled syringe in one hand and
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The Enigma of Empathy
“My mother says I’m a piece of shit.” My 18-year old patient sits at the head of a conference table,
Read moreMedical Residents: A Dream Career Can Be Yours If You “Choose Sleep”: Dr. Ilene Rosen, President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Now is the time that many medical residents are considering future plans, and hopefully giving thought to a sleep medicine
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Tears of a Child
I walked up to my dad and said, “Baba, there’s something wrong with me”. I was probably around 8 years old at
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In the Business of Medicine, Be Your Own Boss
As medical students, we exist between two worlds. On the one hand, we’re tasked with learning as much as we
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