Butting Heads

“You’re going to butt heads with a lot of people in med school,” she said to me once Jonathan and I had finished our presentation to the residents taking an elective in community health. She most certainly meant it in a positive way – praising our alternative take on what it means for people to […]

Asking the Difficult Questions, OR “Does personal fulfillment make me selfish?”

I read my co-fellow Jonathan’s post a few weeks back and thought to myself, “Dang-it! That was what I meant to say!” (Let’s be serious, I most likely did not say ‘dang-it’, but rather some less kosher version thereof. But it was that sentiment). Jon so perfectly conveyed the theory, ethics and emotions behind what […]

Rollin’ in the HIPS van – a first go at overnight mobile outreach

HIPS has been a wild ride so far, in the best way possible. You know that feeling when you’re traveling somewhere new for the first time and you feel like you have four million things to write, three million things to process and two million extra things to consider? I feel like that, but I […]