2018 – Year Three (MS3)

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MS3: Intro

On slow starts (or a quiet beginning to MS3)
On the calm before the storm

MS3: Internal Medicine

On mixed findings (or the beginning of Internal Medicine)
On the clinical grind (or the cost of earned knowledge)
On a tale of eight data points (or Step One: a post-mortem)
On the exploration of limitations
On showing, not telling (or a meditation on compassion)
On a long week (or halfway through Internal Medicine)
On change (or the lack thereof)
On clinical DGAF
On time compression
On nights
On relaxing, reflection, and reunion
On emotional triage (or Internal Medicine: a post-mortem)

MS3: Neuro/Psych

On taking aim (or the beginning of Neuro/Psych)
On holes of the heart (or ode to a garbage cat)
On family reunions (or the transition to fall)
On the chaos of life (or a stream of consciousness battle with writer’s block)
On “Jim” (or a well-deserved death)
On my love for the physical exam (or halfway through Neuro/Psych)
On a letter from past self and to future self
On Death, revisited
On giving thanks, once again
On the cold (or embracing an ally)
On a mish-mash of reflections (or almost halfway done with third year)
On existential crises and canine companions (or Neuro/Psych: a post-mortem)

MS3: Women’s Health/Pediatrics

On parental practice and burnout measures (or the beginning of Women’s Health/Pediatrics)
On snow, saunas, and headaches (or getting my mojo back)
On a series of unfortunate events (or the second Vanna White debacle)
On delayed reflection

MS3: Winter Break

On 2017 (as told through weekly reflections)
On shifting priorities

MS3: Women’s Health/Pediatrics, Cont’d

On making the rounds
On responsibility and engagement (or halfway through Women’s Health/Pediatrics)
On a little handshake
On confidence through repetition
On feedback and reflection (or the kick for professional development)
On newborns, mud, and shoes (or a taste of Spring)
On a tale of two births (or life in Labor & Delivery)
On a busy night (or Women’s Health/Pediatrics: a post-mortem)

MS3: Spring Break

On a wintery spring break (or how I met Honey)

MS3: Surgery

On spring break continued (or the beginning of Surgery)
On Death revisited, again
On brain surgery
On the pull of the OR (or consideration of a life in surgery)
On listening to my meat-suit (or shifts in my movement practice)
On the first fall of spring (or halfway through Surgery)
On a stray bullet
On the first trimester (or baby chronicles: Part One)
On feeling the burn
On a death and a birth
On small reminders
On summer nights (or Surgery: a post-mortem)

MS3: Outro

On four clerkships (or Third Year: a post-mortem)