6 minute read - CRUNCH! Monique popped another chip into her mouth, biting down loudly before she responded to our question. I must have worn my annoyance on my face; she gave me an apologetic look as she swallowed. Only midway through my third year in medical school, I was still working on the ability …
The time a baby died after delivery – Dr. Odunsi’s Story
8 Minute Read “Awww man!!!” Tosin laughed aloud at herself as her phone fell to the ground again. Trying to keep it propped up on the window sill had been a fail, as she recorded herself dancing to one of her favorite songs. Tosin was both fun-loving and introverted, a natural-hair donning obstetrics and gynecology …
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No. 12: My attending said I’m a waste of talent
5 Minute Read-Intern Year: “Oyetewa, please follow me to my office,” my attending (aka my boss) said, her back already turned to me as she walked down the hallway. She was a 5’2” brown-skinned woman with long, jet black hair, and a persistently unsmiling face. I had been working with her for two weeks in …
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No. 4: Falling Into Harvard Dermatology
5 Minute Read-A “sadistic” practice, as my brother describes it, Match Day was to be the culmination of my medical school experience. After years of late nights turned early mornings, accumulating hundreds of thousands of dollars in loan debt, and the infamous Step One board-exam, the day had finally come. Match Day was a ceremony …
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