Abstract: In this personal essay, a free clinic physician describes how he turned to fiction writing as a form of resistance against systemic healthcare inequities. Inspired by Samuel Shem’s concept of “fiction as resistance” and the tradition of literary muckraking from Uncle Tom’s Cabin to The House of God, the ... Read more
Shantanu Rai, MD
Updated April 14, 2026 by Shantanu Rai, MD
Demonstrating proficiency in the basic sciences is a hallmark of a good medical school application, but given that focus on completing STEM-based premedical prerequisites with the highest grades possible, many premed students forget that courses ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated February 2, 2019 by Cassie Kosarek
Are you experiencing clinician burnout? Do you bring your patients’ emotional and physical burdens home with you every night? Yet, do you stay in patient care because you don’t know what else to do?It’s OK. ... Read more
Meredith Castin
Updated October 11, 2022 by Meredith Castin
Republished with permission from here. Note: Interview conducted by medical student editor Evan Torline. Sometimes it takes the challenges of life to teach us what’s most important to us, and Kyle Romines knows this all too ... Read more
Evan Torline
Updated June 26, 2022 by Evan Torline
Dr. Richard Friedman is a professor of clinical psychiatry and a psychopharmacology clinic director at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he focuses on mood and anxiety disorders. In addition to his research, Dr. Friedman has interests in ... Read more
Christy Duan
Updated June 26, 2022 by Christy Duan
Dr. Matt McCarthy is an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and an assistant attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and went on to complete his ... Read more
Christy Duan
Updated June 26, 2022 by Christy Duan
Dr. Damon Tweedy is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and a staff physician at the Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine and completed both his internal ... Read more
Christy Duan
Updated June 26, 2022 by Christy Duan
Writing a personal statement is challenging, but these tips can get you headed in the right direction.
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
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