Confronting stereotypes: reflections of an Asian medical student
“Are you sure you’re supposed to be here?”
It was the first day of my subspecialty rotation. I’d left my husband, friends, and my home to spend the next six weeks some 2500 miles away. Like most third-year medical students on the first day of a new rotation, I felt a mixture of anxiety and anticipation for the challenge ahead.
Arriving on the twelfth floor before dawn, my badge did not work. …