A medical leap of faith (blog)

And the CaRMS match is..

Posted on 16 March, 2009 | Email This Page

What do you get when you add 6 months, 13 applications, 11 interview requests, 8 flights, 1 road trip, 2 train rides, 3 rank order lists and more waiting then anyone should ever have in a lifetime? The answer of course is 1 match.

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The Rwanda experience

Posted on 10 March, 2009 | Email This Page

As March 9th approaches, my stress management strategy has been to find something, nay ANYTHING, else to think about. So, starting at the end of this sentence, you will not hear anything about CaRMS, decision-making or my future. Instead, we will talk about my past, and more specifically, about Rwanda.

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No magic formula

Posted on 15 February, 2009 | Email This Page

Home sweet home! Yes, I am at last sitting in my very own apartment reflecting on the interview period that I can now officially refer to in the past tense. It is now time for us all to cast our votes.

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To compare apples with apples

Posted on 9 February, 2009 | Email This Page

Do you remember in first grade, when you were first being introduced to the wonderful world of mathematics? You were discovering the joys of addition and subtraction without yet being frustrated by the complexities of multiplication and division. No matter where or when you went to school, I am sure a teacher taught you

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Where the Streets have no Name

Posted on 27 January, 2009 | Email This Page

 At 5:30 this morning, I awoke to the sound of my alarm clock beeping at me as it has done every morning for the last 2 years. However today, it felt different. I wasn’t getting ready for a day at the hospital of treating patients and learning, I was getting set to head to the airport to officially begin the national interview period.

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Are you ready?

Posted on 26 January, 2009 | Email This Page

 The New Year is upon us and with that, comes the beginning of the CaRMS national interview period. I still have a couple of weeks to prepare myself but the votes are in and I will be visiting 11 Universities nationwide to determine whether or not we are compatible.

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Finding someone to catch you

Posted on 18 December, 2008 | Email This Page

In the words of one of the most famous female journalists of all time, Shana Alexander, “The mark of a true crush, Is that you fall in love first, And grope for reasons afterward.” I’m sure most or you are wondering what this has to do with being a medical student or applying to residency. And at this point, it’s a fair question. Rest assured, I will explain.

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Application deadline!

Posted on 3 December, 2008 | Email This Page

December 3rd 2008, the day CaRMS closes for file review: The months of preparing documents, following up with letters of reference and writing personal statements. Over! Just like that!

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The guiding light

Posted on 19 November, 2008 | Email This Page

 The year was 2005. I was chatting with a friend about beginning medical school. I remember saying to her that the next time the United States inaugurates a president I will be getting ready to graduate. Just a couple of weeks ago, Barack Obama became president elect

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Life after medical school

Posted on 16 October, 2008 | Email This Page

 I remember it like it was yesterday, the first day of medical school. We all piled into the MacIntyre Medical Building, our school bags hanging over our shoulders and no idea of what lay ahead us. We all walked in that day sharing the common goal of becoming physicians… whatever that meant!

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