The Write Medicine

Sara Corderman
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read
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Hi, I’m Sara. I’m a medical student.

Over the last 16 months, I’ve rotated through 7 hospitals, 14 specialties and 3 boroughs of New York City. There have been gunshot wounds, kidney transplants and drug overdoses, but there have also been toenail clippings, plastic urinals and pictures of poop. Along the way, I met countless patients, nurses, residents, attendings, and students, most of whom I promptly forgot once the next rotation started. There was, and perhaps always will be, a standardized test every three months.

“There have been gunshot wounds, kidney transplants and drug overdoses, but there have also been toenail clippings, plastic urinals and pictures of poop.”

It’s been, to say the least, a lot. Somehow though, those 16 crazy months have congealed into a vague fog, and I’m left with the choice of which month to (roughly) replicate into a career. But medicine is vast, and healthcare even more so, so I’m taking some time to stop thinking and start writing.

Sara Corderman

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Medical student and more. I’m interested in the financial, emotional, psychological and physical costs of healthcare and medical education. Brooklyn, NY.

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