Notes of a life in medicine

European fresh graduate. I accept coffee.

[mudrapprentice]

First exams are coming and I'm already ready for christmas...

[md-admissions]

What you know is not equivalent to your worth.

4th year med student’s answer when asked “what piece of hard-earned wisdom would you like to share with the first, second, and third years?” (via md-admissions)

100% this. 

(via hellostudentdoctor)

[quilavastudy]

Do any other med students get this thing when you still can’t really imagine being a doctor or believe that you’re going to be a doctor, even though you’re like halfway through the course!? 

[girlinwhitecoat-deactivated2017]

How do you know that finals are approaching?

✔️ coffee becomes you brekfast, lunch and dinner ✔️ bed becomes your study space ✔️ you realize how thick your textbooks really are ✔️ your (usually half empty) journal gets full ✔️ you start regretting time turner isn’t real ✔️ suddenly there are many interesting events, movies and books you can’t attend, see and read ✔️ you start wishing you were born as your cat instead

[mudrapprentice]

A kidney with 1724 grams.

[futureacademic-blog]

when an author tries to make a joke in a textbook...

[mudrapprentice]

My first night at the hospital. Using the free time to study some physiology

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

All of us fight hidden, silent battles against not being good enough, not having enough and not belonging enough.

Brene Brown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[hoovesandheartbeats]

Unlike love herpes is forever

Virology Professor (via hoovesandheartbeats)

[sarahseeandersen]

[thefrogman]

Doodle Time by Sarah Anderson [tumblr | twitter | facebook]

[sohaj-az-esoben-deactivated2017]

[girlinwhitecoat-deactivated2017]

Yet another coffee post. Enjoy your monday! 

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[mudrapprentice]

Today in microbiology we did 1 minute of silence in memory of the 147 students that were killed in Garissa university in Kenya. I appeal all of you to do the same

[acethishit]

aortic valve in action, it kinda looks like a screaming mouth

[thisfuturemd]

WAAAAAAAAA! WAAAAAAAAAAA!

[wishbone-md]

What is the arrow pointing to?

[futuredoctorjen-deactivated2016]

^^ the origin of the coronary arteries

[drchelsearar]

this accurately describes how I feel right now.

[braincraft]

The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, via Brain Pickings. (via thatssoscience)

[infinity-imagined]

Inside the Brain: An Entire Head in Cross-Section

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions or unnecessary conversations.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[mudrapprentice]

Is it bad that I take some pleasure in asking questions that professors do not know the answer?