Medical Student

Hello friends! Welcome to White Coat Talks. I am a 1st yr medical student just writing my experiences and learning through my journey in med school. In this first post, I wanted to share about my first failure experience of my life. If you are not from India, you are…

…and by the closing of the novel, he’s remarkably sane MARCH 2023 by Federico Aureli Writing this blog post feels strange. I remember when I was applying for the internship and reading all the posts from past interns, hoping to be in their shoes in the future. …

How should we as medical students think about the inevitable AI revolution? — In the wake of the recent ChatGPT craze unleashed by San Francisco’s Open AI, I’ve spent the last few days pondering the implications similar technologies may soon have for the field of medicine. My own thoughts and conversations with peers have been plagued with uncertainty. What will the future of…

We are one month into 2023. This first few days have been particularly hard because of all the recent feelings I have experienced concerning past adventures, situations and experiences. As if my brain was a camera, it seems I have replaced an old and familiar lens for a different one…

I’m taking a career-leap of faith and decided to not work in medicine — but why? Well, through this last year of med school and working in the hospital, what in germany is called “PJ”, Praktisches Jahr (practical year), I have learned a lot about myself. …

The Origin of Feeling of Doing Pointless. Do you remember the feeling of doing something pointless with no option to skip it? Albums to color, practice workbooks to fill, or the topic so obsolete to prepare that even dinosaurs would call it too old! If you are familiar with that…

If I were appointed to develop a motto for my college, it would be "We would break you to make you." I know it doesn’t exactly sound like a good motto, but it definitely feels like it. I am in Part 2 — the supposed easiest class in pre-clinical. Yet…

What are the qualities of a good health provider? This is arguably the most common question to crop up in medical interviews, and yet one of the trickiest to answer. The secret behind its quiet complexity lies in its breadth. There are so many qualities of a good healthcare provider…

When I was in high school (secondary school as it is generally referred to here, I’m in the UK) going to university wasn’t a done deal. I knew I wanted to be a Doctor but apart from the UCAS catalogue (it wasn’t online back in the dark ages) telling me…