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Surviving the First Month as an IMG Resident

by Aline Gottlieb, MD, PhD

Let’s start with a very brief introduction: Hello! My name is Aline, and I am an international medical graduate (IMG) from Germany. I used to work in Germany in internal medicine, where I have completed four out of five years of training. I would like to share my experiences, thoughts, and later also some of the processes and steps that got me here over...

September 27, 2022

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Clinical, Columns, Featured, Intern Year, Internal Medicine, Surviving IM/G

The Life of a Medical Student: A Photo Essay

by Ankur Vaidya, MD

During my medical school journey at the University of Maryland, I created this photography series as an introspective representation of my experiences and to portray some of the unseen challenges and realities of medical training that, for example, are not seen on “medfluencer’s” pages -- some feelings, experiences, and stories I wish I would have known prior to embarking on this career path.

August 11, 2022

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Art & Poetry in Medicine, Featured

Clinical, Columns, Featured, Intern Year, Internal Medicine, Surviving IM/G

Surviving the First Month as an IMG Resident

Let’s start with a very brief introduction: Hello! My name is Aline, and I am an international medical graduate (IMG) from Germany. I used to work in Germany in...

Art & Poetry in Medicine, Featured

The Life of a Medical Student: A Photo Essay

During my medical school journey at the University of Maryland, I created this photography series as an introspective representation of my experiences and to portray some of the unseen...

Art & Poetry in Medicine, Featured

We Had a Choice

My husband and I were pregnant with a child / Then we found out something wild. / I am a carrier of SMA / And this affects me in...

White Coat, Black Book

At the start of medical school, many students participate in the “White Coat Ceremony.” Before peers, faculty, and family, they recite a modern version of the Hippocratic Oath (or...

Clinical, Featured, GME, Surgery

Robotic Surgery Training in Residency: Good or Bad?

The rapid introduction of revolutionary technologies like minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgeries will exponentially increase complexity in medicine, law, education and ethics. Roboethics deals with the code of conduct that...

Art & Poetry in Medicine

Dancing in the Rain

why do we live? do we struggle in vain / for the dream of a world, of a life without pain? / we suffer in spades, without cause, without...

Art & Poetry in Medicine, Featured

Levity

At the turn of every corner / I will be found out / You will see / The fraud in me

Art & Poetry in Medicine

The Newborn Perspective

Don’t you forget the first day of life, / You had turned upside down / And a tight slap upon your backside / Even to get you to breathe!

Editor-in-Chief, Featured

#Top10of2021: in-House 2021 Year in Review

Happy New Year from all of us at in-House! We are proud to announce the in-House Top 10 of 2021, our 10 most-read and shared articles of 2021. Thank you for your readership...

Clinical, Featured, Internal Medicine, Palliative Care

Along the Road: A Perspective on Medical Training in a Pandemic

It feels odd to have family members in the hospital regularly again. My patient’s wife approaches cautiously; for a second I pretend not to see her. She looks like...

Health Policy, Opinions

Restoring American Aid for Yemeni Child Health

End-stage starvation is rare, but devastating. After exhausting its fat stores, the body breaks down its organs for energy: muscle, liver, kidney and finally the heart. The blood itself...

Clinical, Featured, Oncology

Where The Tulips Bloom

Her grip on my hand is tight. Almost as tight as the elastic on the oxygen mask stretched across her face, digging furrows into her thin, sallow skin.