During my second year of medical school, I resumed my long-standing hobby of running in an effort to stay physically strong and mentally reset. I enthusiastically signed up for a training program to run my first 10K. In the 12 weeks that followed, I discovered that the process of training to become a runner and training to become a physician share many similar pulses.

The uncertain feeling of readiness

Week one of …

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It was a fresh start to my first day of medical school as a second-year student. With a slightly stronger arsenal of information compared to my first year, the energy was palpable. My team and I huddled in our small conference room, gathered around the table, ready to tackle our first case of the week as part of our team-based learning. The first patient was a 1-year-old female infant presenting …

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