First Week of Medical School

Several things have been made painfully obvious to me in my first week of medical school. First of all, it’s true – med students probably cover just as much in one week as undergrad science students do in a month. Second, I feel like I’m in the backseat helplessly watching my brilliant classmates excel. Being off for a year has made me far more rusty than I’d like to admit, so I better change in the coming days before I get too far behind. Third, working with a cadaver is ridiculously amazing, but I feel like my inability to remember anything from gross anatomy isn’t doing my donor any justice. Read more