Welcome to another Letter from the Doc, that’s me! In your mission to become a doctor, you ask many questions. “How do I become a doctor?”; “When will I qualify as a doctor?”; “Where will I study to be a doctor?” and so on. But the most important question that you will have to answer … Read more
Welcome back. Medicine is both an intellectual and practical discipline at the same time, so you need to have a hands-on approach, and have somebody guiding you, correcting you, and sometimes leaving you to sweat it out when the situation calls for it. Medical students have to study and retain an immense amount of knowledge, … Read more
Hey, If you’ve been receiving these Letters from the Doc from the beginning, then by now you should have a much better understanding of whether a career in medical science is for you or not. The strategy I’m going to share with you today is not intended to trick or fool medical school reviewers. They’re … Read more
Welcome back again! A new marketing fad has emerged in the hospital where I am practicing. Neatly framed advertisements in the room where we change for surgery, and even on the inside of the toilet doors. This one advert goes something like this: “200 Billion starts in our galaxy. 10 billion galaxies in our … Read more
We meet again. Welcome back! There is a world hidden behind the conservative mask that the medical world projects. As a doctor, you have to act conservative, cool and collected in front of patients. This is because, if you were to play around and joke too much in front of a patient, they would start … Read more
Hi Apprentice Doctor! I was also once at a place in my life where everything seemed so far away and unattainable. I barely made it into medical school. My scores in high school and pre-med weren’t the shiny example of brilliance you might expect. But once I was accepted into medical school, … Read more
