How Modern Medicine Influenced The 2015 (new) MCAT

I would not say I am an expert at the MCAT by any stretch of the imagination, however, here are my opinions of it.

The reality of modern medicine is not as chivalrous and noble as it used to be. From my past and present experiences as a scribe, both in the emergency room and in private practice, physicians are part healers and part businessmen. To deny that would be foolish.

Maybe it is a mix of the aging baby boomer, population growth in general, public access to google & medical-related-self-diangosing-websites along with the increasing cost of healthcare that drove physicians to their current state… for lack of a better word, lack of empathy, and as a result, perceived patient care and quality suffers. The physician becomes a scientist who sees a patient as a medical record number, a lab result, a diagnosis… and nothing more.

Medical School Acceptance

It has been a week since I found out I was accepted into medical school. Sometimes I forget and panic at the thought of "it is almost Thanksgiving, which means interview season is about to be over, and I have not heard back from any more schools!"

oh wait…

I am already in! I would have never dreamt of having the option to choose which medical school I would attend, nonetheless be accepted. But don't get me wrong, the thought of being accepted makes me dumbstruck happy.

I feel that my pre-med story is worth mentioning. I have had my fair share of struggles to get to this point. I don't consider myself "traditional or non-traditional" - common identifiers on pre-med forums. I feel that it is so subjective and somewhat useless when trying to make comparisons.

A Girl's Best Friend

Diamonds are a girl's best friend... for those who don't own a pup. Meet Tofu, a 2-year old American Eskimo that my boyfriend and I adopted from the Arlington Animal Shelter last year.