Tag: medical student wellness

Jacob Murphy Jacob Murphy (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jacob is a fourth year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland class of 2025. In 2020, he graduated summa cum laude from University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology. He enjoys reading, collecting watches, and pickup basketball (claim to fame: once almost played with Adam Sandler) in his free time. After graduating medical school, Jacob would like to pursue a career in internal medicine with considerations of a career in pulmonary/critical care or medical oncology.




Bridging Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Health Medication

Published by Jacob Murphy

As medical students, we spend years preparing for the daunting hurdle that is the summer between the third and fourth year of medical school, a twelve week stretch in which you prepare for USMLE Step 2, perform at your highest caliber on a sub-internship in the specialty of your choice, and craft your application to residency. Accordingly, as I approached this part of medical school myself, I expected its accompanying level of academic stress. I …

The Forgotten Prescription: Addressing Nutrition Neglect Amongst Medical Students

Published by Ashley Thornton

Being a health care professional can, at times, feel ironic because our intention is to promote health and wellness, yet we often neglect our own. As medical students, we consume large amounts of information in short periods of time, which can be both stressful and mentally strenuous. We often must be awake for long hours, whether it’s for rotations, for studying or for both at once. This lifestyle can foster many unhealthy habits, but are …

You’re Supposed to Keep Doing What You Love

Published by Nima Trivedi

There is nothing quite like the feeling of puncturing the thin shrink film around a new canvas. Getting ready to paint is a routine — the rumbling of the kettle as I thumb through my collection of teas, picking the perfect album to play on repeat for the evening. Putting on the highlighter yellow shirt from high school plastered with smudges of blacks, greens, and whites from years of previous paintings.

Left Right Center

Published by Kaitlin Toal

Focus on breathing. Don’t think about how you’d rather be doing anything else on the planet right now. Focus on breathing. Quit reciting the pathophysiology of those diseases you got wrong on last week’s quiz. You’re thinking in circles, stop it. But if I tell myself not to think about something, doesn’t that mean I’m already thinking about it?

Mili Dave Mili Dave (6 Posts)

Contributing Writer

UNC School of Medicine

Mili is a third-year medical student at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC class of 2026. In 2022, she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and chemistry. She enjoys reading thriller novels, exploring local coffee shops, and biking in her free time. After graduating medical school, Mili would like to pursue critical care medicine and engage in narrative medicine/medical humanities education.

Pulses of Connection

Pulses of Connection is an attempt at delving into mind-body connections in medicine. This column will strive to emphasize how mobilizing the deep connections between our mind and physical bodies can enhance our sense of oneness, health, and well-being. Through narrative and exposition, I will explore how practicing physicians, medical students in training, and premedical students can integrate mindfulness in their lifestyles, as well as how such approaches can be crafted to bring healing to our patients.