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2020 - 2021 Residency Season (Diary Posts)

Aspiring Minority Doctor

For the 2019 cycle, I spent a total of $372, and the total spent on the 2020 cycle was $353 (and I forgot to register for SOAP, so did not participate this year). To be honest, as tough as it was seeing the money leave my account, applying to so many programs is probably the biggest change from my previous applications. It all adds up.

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2021 Physician Holiday Gift Guide

Aspiring Minority Doctor

ProCompression Socks Throwback pic from one of my 2018-2019 24hr call shifts I swear by Pro Compression socks! I bought a few of these socks (and was also gifted some by my little brother) when I was a medical student, and to this day I still wear the same socks with great compression.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

When I spoke to physicians who had been practicing back then, it seemed that the sort of modern cohort of medical students and residents and young physicians were facing a different set of challenges, a unique set of challeng challenges. It was late on a Friday afternoon in December 2019. Maybe we can try the paper again.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

Alex: In 2019 … You wrote two viewpoints about AI recently in JAMA, relatively recently. I guess, 2019, and then, one again about last month or so. ” And one of the students raised his hand. I think, the long haul, it’s really hard to know where this goes. Eric: Yeah. Alex: Can I follow up that question, Eric?

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