by The Physeo Team | Apr 14, 2022 | Medical School, Physeo Blog, Student Life Balance
Abu Hurraira Khan Before you start yelling ‘in other news, pigs can fly!’ allow me to explain my story. Yes, I know that med school is incredibly stressful and draining, it is almost tantamount to going through hell and back and the incredible workload really sucks...
by The Physeo Team | Mar 10, 2022 | Medical School, Physeo Blog, Student Life Balance
Abu Hurraira Khan Envision the following scenario: you’re in college or at work, and you run into a friend during break time. You greet them in a cheery manner, only to receive a solemn nod in return. You try making small conversation, but they respond in a rather dry...
by The Physeo Team | Mar 8, 2022 | Medical School, Physeo Blog, Student Life Balance
Abu Hurraira Khan ‘You are what you eat.’ Nothing haunts my guilt center more than these five words when I am about to ditch all the healthy eating for the sake of sweet sugary bliss. However, at the end of the day, no matter how much I try to debunk this proverb, it...
by The Physeo Team | Feb 22, 2022 | Medical School, Physeo Blog, Student Life Balance
Abu Hurraira Khan It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single med school student, in possession of a good fortune (of knowledge), probably has no time for a spouse (or partner, or friends.) Stuck in the violent whirlwind of assignments, tests and OSCEs, it is...
by The Physeo Team | Jan 20, 2022 | Physeo Blog, Student Life Balance
Abu Hurraira Khan The emergence of Prozac, the first ever SSRI antidepressant, in 1988 revolutionized the management of depressive disorders. Gone were the awful, life threatening side effects that users experienced with the older classes of antidepressants, such as...
by The Physeo Team | Jan 18, 2022 | Physeo Blog, Student Life Balance
Paula Danika A. Binsol After days of tears, nights of anguish, weeks of self-deprecation and months of frustration, years of hard work and all the blood sweat and tears… you have to write a personal statement. Many find this part of the application challenging,...