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MedEx Day 12 - June 1, 2022
To start today, Tier IV reviewed the AAMC's 15 core competencies for prospective medical students. In doing this, we asked each other...
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Jun 2, 20221 min read
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MedEx Day 11 - May 31, 2022
Today was the start of the third week of MedEx. To start the day, we had a lecture from the M2 students regarding time management. All of...
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May 31, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 10 - May 27, 2022
Today was the final day of the second week of MedEx. We had our 4th shadowing day, and I got to shadow Dr. Michael Beasley, an...
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May 30, 20221 min read
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MedEx Day 9 - May 26, 2022
Today was the first of four MedEx Mock Interview Days! I thoroughly enjoyed getting to practice my interview skills alongside my peers...
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May 30, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 8 - May 25, 2022
Today I shadowed Dr. Brittany Farrow at the Center for Family Medicine for about half of the day. During that time, Dr. Farrow saw 5...
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May 30, 20221 min read
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MedEx Day 7 - May 24, 2022
Today started with a wonderful discussion about the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and their admissions...
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May 25, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 5/6 - May 23, 2022
Today, I shadowed the Pediatrics team at Prisma's Greenville Memorial Hospital. The experience consisted of rounding with the attending...
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May 23, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 4 - May 20, 2022
Today, I shadowed Dr. Chris Troup, a pediatric neurosurgeon, and I had a wonderful experience! In shadowing Dr. Troup, I saw many...
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May 20, 20223 min read
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MedEx Day 3 - May 18, 2022
Today began with a personal statement workshop hosted by Dr. Cindy Riyad. She walked us through what some common pitfalls of personal...
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May 20, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 2 - May 17, 2022
To start today, all of Tier IV had health screenings provided by Prisma Health's Employee Health Department. I was happy with my lab...
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May 19, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 1 - May 16, 2022
Today was the first day of Tier IV, and I loved returning to the Greenville Medical School and being back with so many old friends from...
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May 17, 20222 min read
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MedEx Day 28 - August 5, 2021
Today was the final day of MedEx and our graduation day! I was extremely honored to be selected as our graduation speaker, as can be seen...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read
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MedEx Day 27 - August 4, 2021
Today was the penultimate day of Tier III of the MedEx Academy. For Tier III, today was mainly a day to sit back and learn from Tier I of...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read
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MedEx Day 25/26 - August 2, 2021
Today was the first day of the last week of MedEx (this post also constitutes Day 2, as I did not have a clinical on that day). To begin...
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Aug 17, 20212 min read
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MedEx Day 24 - July 30, 2021
Today was the final day of the fifth week of MedEx and our final completely virtual day of Tier III. To begin today, Mr. Casey Wiley from...
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Aug 1, 20212 min read
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MedEx Day 23 - July 29, 2021
Today was my final day of shadowing with MedEx Tier III. I had the wonderful opportunity to shadow Dr. Sagar Gandhi, a vascular surgeon,...
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Aug 1, 20212 min read
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MedEx Day 22 - July 28, 2021
To start today, Tier III had our penultimate Kaplan course, which I greatly enjoyed. Afterwards, Tier III had the opportunity to present...
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Jul 30, 20212 min read
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MedEx Day 20/21 - July 26, 2021
Today was the first day of the 5th week of MedEx. (I am also including my blog for Tuesday in this post, since I had no clinical day/ did...
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Jul 30, 20212 min read
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MedEx Day 19 - July 23, 2021
Today was the final day of Week 4 of MedEx. We began today by finishing the Tier III presentations on different healthcare topics....
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Jul 24, 20212 min read
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MedEx Day 18 - July 22, 2021
Today was my second to last clinical day with MedEx Tier III. I had the chance to shadow in the Pediatrics Ward of Prisma's Greenville...
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Jul 24, 20212 min read
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