What I learned about being a patient after finding my own cancer in ultrasound class

By The DO Staff

11.08.24

When I think of medical students, I think of a cohort of responsible and organized individuals. It takes a lot of dedication to get into a medical program and being on top of things is sort of an unspoken prerequisite. As students, we are constantly being reminded of the patients we are going to care for in the future, and as osteopathic medical students specifically, we are told that we will be responsible for our future patients’ physical, mental and spiritual health. I guess what I’m saying is, I thought I had the whole “responsibility” thing down, or that I was at least becoming responsible by training to be a doctor.

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