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The practice ice rink looks like the graduation area. There are rows of chairs for the graduates. There is a podium. There are even seats on one side, though not nearly enough to seat all the friends and family who are expected. Still, the room looks official enough that one graduate, gown draped over her […]
May 27, 2014
(To the tune of Piano Man) It’s 9 o’clock on a Friday morn. The regular crew shuffles in. They’ve all matched into residencies, but just before they begin: Chicken…record scratch: BOOT CAMP. A three and a half-week, elective course for M4s to hone their surgical skills just before graduation. Did I mention it was optional? […]
May 7, 2014
The following is the second in a series of guest posts by UNMC third-year medical student Eric Nagengast, who is taking a year off from med school to serve with the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School. I have no need for an alarm clock in Guwahati. Like […]
Apr 28, 2014
Taking a Year (of a Lifetime) Off
The following is a guest post by UNMC third-year medical student Eric Nagengast. For the past eight months, one of the hardest questions for me to answer has been, “Where do you live?” In this time, I’ve spent two months in Rwanda, three months in Boston, one month in India and the rest of the […]
Mar 3, 2014