Navigating the other side of med school before, during, and after | Finding joy one test at a time
Navigating the other side of med school before, during, and after | Finding joy one test at a time
The pre-med life. From the taking the MCAT to having an acceptance in hand, the application process for medical school can take roughly just over a year. However, priming yourself to apply should start years in advance.
We share our story so applicants who have gone unmatched or partially unmatched know they are not alone. This is our experience in the heat of the moment and written openly and vulnerably. We hope by sharing, other medical families will feel supported and part of a community as this topic is not discussed openly …
This guest post is by Hannah Pye, a fellow medical wife. We have moved a lot in our 10 years of marriage. Seven physical moves and five moves into new communities. I have become very proficient at packing, unpacking, and cataloguing belongings. I have also learned a lot about building community in a temporary season …
Today is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. While medical students don’t have an M.D. behind their name, I think they still should be included in this group. Physicians, residents, med students are super human. We as the public expect them to walk into our exam room, treat us perfectly kind, answer all our questions, and …
Waiting for my surgery date to finally roll around was like waiting for Christmas day as a five-year-old. It took FOREVER. The difference was that instead of unknown gifts that would be unveiled when the day finally arrived, the unknown in my current circumstance was tied to my survival. We would “unwrap”, so to say, …
We are officially in year four of medical school! Today is Blade’s first day of his sub-internship in orthopedic surgery. I am blown away that we are 75 percent done with medical school! Well, probably more like 78 percent because Blade graduates in May 2022. Year one as a med school wife was probably more challenging …
In approximately one year, we will celebrate Blade’s medical school graduation and we will be on to residency. I can’t believe how fast time flies. It seems like we just graduated from undergrad! But, it actually has been four years for me (2017) and three years for Blade (2018). Look how young we look! Hazel …