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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MedEx Day 17 - July 21, 2021
To start today, Tier III had our headshots taken. After this, Mr. Al came and spoke to us/ gave two presentations. His two presentations...
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MedEx Day 15/ (16) - July 19, 2021
Today was the start of the 4th week of MedEx, and it marked the halfway point of the program. For the first two and a half hours of...
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MedEx Day 13/14 - July 15, 2021
Sadly, I was unable to make day 14 of MedEx due to an arranged/ pre-coordinated absence. Today was my first ever encounter with...
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MedEx Day 12 - July 14, 2021
To begin the middle of the third week of MedEx Tier III, we had a Kaplan class in the morning on Chemistry and Physics. I enjoyed getting...
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MedEx Day 11 - July 13, 2021
Today began with a medical student panel of rising M2s. During the panel, session topics discussed included the students' thoughts on the...
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MedEx Day 10 - July 12, 2021
Today was the first day of the 3rd week of MedEx. To begin today, Tier III had a lecture on Ethics from Dr. Carmela Epright. Dr....
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MedEx Day 9 - July 9, 2021
Today was the end of the 2nd week of MedEx Tier III and my second of four clinical days. Today, I shadowed the Family Medicine Teaching...
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MedEx Day 8 - July 8, 2021
Today was the 8th day of MedEx. To begin today, Tier III had our 3rd Kaplan course and our first course on the topic of Biochemistry. As...
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MedEx Day 7 - July 7, 2021
Today was the 7th day of MedEx and our first clinical day of Tier III. I shadowed at Prisma's Greenville Memorial Hospital in the CV...
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MedEx Day 6 - July 6, 2021
Today was the 6th day of MedEx, and it was another wonderful day. To begin the day, Tier III was given an hour off to be productive and...
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MedEx Day 5 - July 5, 2021
Today was the 5th day of MedEx Tier 3, the start of the 2nd week. To begin today, Caroline Loftus and the other interns gave a...
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MedEx Day 4 - July 1, 2021
Today was the fourth day of MedEx Tier III and the final day of the week because of the 4th of July. Today was also the first all virtual...
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MedEx Day 3 - June 30, 2021
Today was the third day of MedEx, and a lot of the focus today was on Graduate test prep. To start this morning, Tier III of MedEx had...
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MedEx Day 2 - June 29, 2021
During MedEx today, we first toured the Clemson nursing school. Even though I am a lifelong Gamecock fan and currently a student at USC,...
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MedEx Day 1 - June 28, 2021
Today was the first day of MedEx Academy Tier III... very exciting! It was a very neat experience to be back in the Medical School for...
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