Sitting at my desk, a year after having survived my internship and currently working as an Emergency Department (ED) Resident Physician, I was looking up labs and x-ray reports on a patient in room fifteen, a male that I had just examined with anemia and chronic headaches. I was approached by one of the ED secretaries, a young man in his

twenties, who informed me that he had just taken the MCAT, an exam required to enter medical school, and was excited about the application and interview process. “Are you glad you went to medical school and became a physician,“ he inquired with an enthusiastic grin.  What a question...  (continued)

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