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How To Be the Best: Another 110% Real Day in the Life of a Perfect Med Student
3:33 am: First alarm of the day. My failed talking stage sent me a post about angel numbers once and I believe in starting the day right.
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How to Cure a Medical Allergy with KFC
The idea that a food allergy could be cured simply by eating the food that causes it seems counterintuitive. After all, allergic reactions are the immune system’s overreactions to harmless substances, and consuming the allergen can provoke serious, even life-threatening reactions.
A Brief History (and review) of Medical Uniforms
A quick Google of “doctor” will give you the quintessential image of scrubs and a white lab coat, with a stethoscope. But how did we evolve into this ensemble? And how do these medical uniforms fare under scrutiny?
Lives I Saved This Week, and Other Reflections Upon Medicine
by Ara Downey The first life I saved this week was when I was taking a history from a patient when an alarm went off….
We Listen, We Don’t Judge
Just made a humiliating mistake? We’ve all been there. These are real stories, compiled by Ara Downey with all names substituted for those of minor…
The Twelve Days of Medicine: What to expect when you’re expecting Foundies
by Ara Downey You’ll carry it every time you go to a public library to make sure everyone knows you do med. It might be…
Emoji Overuse: The newest epidemic plaguing medical students
By Geraldine Yang; Edited by Allyson Tai The NSW Health Department has issued a Public Service Announcement alert regarding the rapid spread of the neurodegenerative…
BREAKING NEWS: Med student completes bucket list & finds cure for cancer instead of catching up on lectures
By Geraldine Yang; Edited by Yaron Gu Local first-year medical student, Nate Shen, has made headlines by doing literally everything in his will to avoid…
Five Types of Students You’ll Encounter In Online Uni – Which One Are You?
By Jay Patel; Edited by Zoe Wei 1) The one with conveniently terrible internet This person is never seen with their camera on during tutorials…
Types of People You Meet at Medcamp
By Jason Lin; Edited by Katerina Theocharous Medcamp. Crowds, parties and poignant memories. Among the claustrophobic hordes of nascent, flourishing medical students, a few clusters…