A Medical Student Reflects on Overcoming Struggles No One Should Have To [SoMeDocs CONVERSATIONS]

The Doctors On Social Media Podcast

May 16 2024 • 29 mins

We welcomed Amanda Kaine to the virtual stage, to discuss her article, YOU ARE NOT ALONE: AN ASPIRING SURGEON OVERCOMES MOUNTAINS.

You can check out her profile here.

What transpired is a conversation about topics that included:

  • Being in the dark, and then seeing the light
  • The importance of balance
  • Tips on taking a test
  • Overcoming a school shooting
  • Tackling depression
  • Finishing both high school and college earlier than others
  • Gap years

Challenge:

#SoMeDocsTest: Use the hashtag to share your own tip on test-taking, if you have any, on social media.

Shoutouts and links:

Dr. Erica Howe, who runs a conference, and can be heard in our Health Innovator SERIES here.

Amanda Kaine, whose article recently got published on SoMeDocs, titled YOU ARE NOT ALONE: AN ASPIRING SURGEON OVERCOMES MOUNTAINS, and who you can watch or listen to, in her own episode of SoMeDocs Conversations.

Dr. Rishi Desai, CEO of OsmosisMed.

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