Samyukta Mullangi is a fourth year student at Harvard Medical School. She is interested in narrative medicine, and has previously blogged for Medscape's The Differential.
Practicing Narrative Medicine
Since the first day of medical school, I was in breathless anticipation of my third year. I came to Harvard with a background in creative writing and the big draw of medicine for me lay in its compendium of human stories.
When Physicians Relate to Some Patients, But Not All
During a conversation the other day, a classmate of mine shook me out of my afternoon inertia by casually remarking that the most memorable patients he had encountered during his third year medical rotations were the ones who, by virtue of being young, educated, and English-speaking, reminded him of himself.
The First Pass Effect
When I was a third year at Harvard Medical School, I spent 6 weeks at one of our affiliated hospitals rotating through the Obstetrics and Gynecology department.
"All I Really Want to Do Is Sleep"
A Vignette from Psychiatry
The Economy of Surgery
Pressing Pause in Alaska
Step One: A Medical School Pivot Point