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The Plan, The Column and Vitamin D
Dragos Rezeanu I want to be a surgeon. I am, however, only a first year; and statistically speaking this means that what I think I want to be right now is likely to change about 16 times over the next...
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Alarm Clocks Touch Our Lives; But if They Get Too Touchy We Destroy Them
Dragos Rezeanu In Pirates of the Caribbean, the rum was always gone; in med school, the alarm is always on — and if there was ever any rum it was consumed months ago. Every morning, poor (literally and...
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On My Signal, Unleash Hell; And Other Things Professors Say on Test Day
Dragos Rezeanu How Med Students Experience Test Day: Module Director In Secret Control Room: “On my signal, unleash hell.” Students Inside the Computer Lab: “We who are about to die, salute you!” How...
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Staring at Walls and Writing Columns: A Med Student on Vacation
Dragos Rezeanu No one, and I mean no one, appreciates a vacation like a medical student. I’m only two days into my first week off since the start of school and I keep catching myself sitting for long...
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Dragos Rezeanu Conventional wisdom dictates that the meaning of life can be found in friends, family, and love. That’s right, guys: step away from the textbooks — apparently they don’t bring happiness....
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And the Presidency Goes To…
Dragos Rezeanu Considering how much of an effect this presidential election has on the future of medicine, I’d be surprised if every med student isn’t taking the night off, or at the very least keeping...
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Smelling Roses and Other Such Tomfoolery
Dragos Rezeanu Ladies and gentlemen, the mood this week is pensive, in a count your blessings sort of way. Fortunately, given that it’s Thanksgiving week and all, I’m thinking my timing is appropriate....
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Home Stretch Buttlock
Dragos Rezeanu If you have some time today (I know, I’m hilarious), take a minute to look up a YouTube video of someone running a 400-meter dash, and specifically watch their last 100 meters. This is...
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And BINGO Was His Name-O
Dragos Rezeanu Author’s Note: Special thanks to the McQueen twins for letting me mention them … twice. Still can’t tell you guys apart to save my life. There are a lot of words you could use to...
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Cheers: To Old Dreams and New Beginnings
Dragos Rezeanu Those of you who know me–and in about five words, the rest of you–know that I have a slight obsession with the comic Calvin and Hobbes. Ever since I was a kid I’ve been reading the strip...
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