medical student
Coverage of medical student in the Nexus archive.
- Opinion: I may be one of the last middle-class medical students who could afford to become a doctor
The author reflects on the financial challenges of medical school, wondering if delaying their application by two years would have made becoming a doctor unaffordable. They highlight growing concerns about the accessibility of medical education for middle-class students.
- Declaring Death Is Not So Simple
A medical student describes declaring the death of a hospice patient with cancer during their hematology-oncology rotation. The article highlights the personal experience of confirming a patient's death as part of medical training.
- We're Being Taught to Care for Everyone But Ourselves
A second-year medical student named Agorua describes the emotional and physical toll of her studies, feeling compelled to prioritize caring for others over herself. She struggles with sleep deprivation and the pressure to suppress personal struggles in the medical field.
- Medical student, 24, died by suicide in his white coat a day after he was suspended for alleged 'inappropriate' behavior towards female patient, lawsuit alleges, as his heartbreaking goodbye note to parents is revealed
A 24-year-old medical student died by suicide in his white coat a day after being suspended for alleged inappropriate behavior towards a female patient, as a lawsuit and his goodbye note to parents are revealed.
- He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
A medical student spent six months investigating whether an algorithm rejected his job application due to a sense of injustice. He used Python to analyze the situation. The student's goal was to determine if AI was to blame for not landing a job interview.