In medical school, it is not unusual to suffer burnout and worsening mental health given the harsh conditions of our studies. Student depression and poor mental health remain an unresolved issue as more students...
The period leading up to a test is often so loaded with a lot of stress and anxiety because of the high pressure that characterizes it. This anxiety can present itself in several physical,...
At one point or the other in medical school, you may begin to ask yourself why exactly you have to do all this work. It’s like, “This is way too much information! Who’d sign...
As the year ends, most people are already thinking about what they’d like to do in the next year. Ranging from replacing unhealthy habits with healthier ones to developing new relationships, the beginning of...
Over and over again, we are increasingly overwhelmed with school work, relationships, family conflicts, money issues, health problems, work and exams. Very few people can develop resilience to this kind of pressing physical and...
Most individuals will find it difficult to deal with the rigor and expectations of medical school. Many medical students gradually burn out, give up or become miserable. Other students, however, learn to enjoy the...
We currently live in a world that encourages doing more. And often, what we are already doing is too much for us to handle. But then we set higher expectations for ourselves and impose...
There’s a lot that goes on in our minds at all times. Many of us are faced with piles of work to get through every day. Sometimes we get so overwhelmed by this workload...
YouTube is priceless. There is a plethora of online resources on there that have been of valuable use to me as a medical student. I’ve found YouTube videos useful not just when I...
I don’t really belong in their class. But Maya Angelou, Albert Einstein and I have something in common. Albert, for one, directly called himself an “involuntary swindler”. Apparently, he felt his works gained much...
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