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Align your Academics
Align Your Academics With Where You Are One of the biggest challenges in residency is finding time to study. There is always something else to do — OPD, ward rounds, admissions, procedures, calls, discussions, presentations, research work. If we think of studying as something that has to happen separately from clinical work, academics…
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Practical AI Use Cases: Small Workflows, Big Time Savings
Practical AI Use Cases: Small Workflows, Big Time Savings AI is increasingly becoming useful not because it replaces human expertise, but because it can take care of many of the repetitive, time-consuming tasks that surround our high-value work. Some of the most useful applications are surprisingly simple. Here are a few practical…
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Tools That Got Me Through Oncology Training
Oncology training is demanding—not just academically, but logistically. Between OPDs, ward work, calls, and constant interruptions, staying organized becomes as important as staying knowledgeable. Over time, I found a set of simple tools that helped me manage tasks, reduce mental load, and ensure nothing important slipped through the cracks.
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I Learned English From a Teacher Who Didn’t Know What “Baa Baa Black Sheep” Meant
And I became a physician in America anyway. But some gaps never close. I was ten years old, sitting in a classroom in Punjab, Northern India, when my English teacher taught me my first English poem. Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? I repeated it dutifully, the syllables strange in my mouth. Afterward,…
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Three Small Ideas That Changed How I Work
Residency teaches you in unexpected ways. Not every useful idea comes from textbooks, conferences, or senior advice. Sometimes you notice small systems people around you use, and a few of them stick. Over the past few months, three such observations changed how I approach conferences, research, and revision.
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A Solitary Amid the Multitude
Amid the throng where laughter swells, I stand apart, alone,A silent isle in human seas no chart hath ever shown.Their voices rise like summer winds that stir the ripened grain,Yet fall upon my guarded heart as unremembered rain. Bright tapers flare in festal halls, and glasses flash with cheer,But shadows cling about my breast no…