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Edited by Aminata Jalloh A young adult comes into the clinic presenting with fatigue, dehydration, and lethargy. Their vitals are stable but the patient seems anxious and is burdened by a sense of “impending doom”. The patient mentions that they have been getting an average of 4 hours of sleep a night, and consuming 5-7 […]

Edited by Aminata Jalloh In the last year, practices like wearing masks and social distancing have become a part of our lives. But for some, other parts of our “new normal”, like distance learning and online classes, have proved to be more difficult to get used to. After a year in a pandemic, we should […]

What is “normal”? Normal implies that something has happened over and over again and is now commonplace. “Normal” implies that there is an established and expected  order to things. “Normal” functions under the assumption that anyone coming behind those from before can follow and maintain the patterns that make things well, normal. “Normal” implies that a shared […]

Two weeks ago, I shadowed a pediatric ER doctor I met during my electives week. For the short time I was there, I was reminded of my end goal, and the reason behind why I slave over lectures day in and day out. The first patient I saw was a girl with psychotic episodes who […]

This semester I am attending university from home, handling a newly diagnosed health condition, getting remodeling done at my house, and my family is moving across the country in a couple of weeks. There is so much for me to do, and on top of it all, I have to make sure I get all […]

No matter how good you are, or think you are at multitasking and juggling various responsibilities, it will take a toll on something in your life. Just don’t let it be the wrong thing.

“Spread too thin”, is an expression that I can relate to at several points in my academic career during college and as I write this blog post right now as I’m trying to survive my second organ systems block. As someone who has been a high achiever since I was a child, I’ve often put […]

In a Caribbean household, you are always expected to, for lack of a better phrase, “do the most”. You have to know how to cook a full five-course meal AND clean up all on your own from age five. You are expected to make straight A’s every quarter (and you better not try to convince […]

France Archange is a senior English major and Biology minor at Oakwood University. You can connect with her on Instagram  Okay, I don’t have a crazy story to tell and it was only while writing this that I even began to realize my ‘why’ for my career in medicine (I’m in my fourth year of […]

Christyn Byrd is a sophomore biology major at Oakwood University. You can connect with her on Instagram  From a young age I have always wanted to be a doctor (I know a lot of people say that but I took this thing as seriously as a five-year-old could back then). I was constantly found helping […]

It’s easy to want to be on the path you’re on for the letters behind your name, to make your parents proud, or for the paycheck at the end of the road. But in reality, uncovering the true reasons why you’re on this journey will help get you through the rough times, hard assignments, and […]