How representation in medicine transformed my journey as a medical student
I come from a family of non-doctors. My childhood perception of a physician’s role was based on stray episodes of House. Medicine seemed akin to magic. Perhaps it was, in part, a desire to peek behind the curtain that ultimately landed me in medical school.
I am currently a third-year medical student. The hospital now feels more welcoming when I walk in each morning. Until one routine afternoon during a recent …
