Jun 16
2020
Rudolph as My Patient: A Student Reflects
“Rudolph as My Patient,” an essay by rising second-year College of Medicine student Negin Khosravi, was published in Mosaic in Medicine, an online peer-reviewed publication for underrepresented voices in medicine.
After I had only been in medical school for three months, I shadowed a physician at the children’s emergency department, as part of my clinical experience. My attending assigned me to a few rooms and asked me to be the first person, who not only interviews the patients but also performs a basic physical examination. I was nervous. I knew how to do basic examinations on adult patients and had a bit of experience with standardized patients. However, I definitely had never been on my own with a patient.
