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Interviews, POCUS, and Freedom | Weekly Newsletter

Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

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Hi Reader - I hope you're having a restful Sunday! This week, I'm dropping ALL the tea on my residency application cycle + life as a fourth year med student!

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Let's get into it!

What's New with You?

Last week, I started my Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) elective. In the mornings, I watch pre-recorded ultrasound lectures, and in the afternoons, I do "scan shifts" with emergency medicine residents and fellows in the emergency department. I am still struggling with all of the views and details, but I am starting to get better at recognizing and understanding what I'm seeing on the ultrasound!

In other news, I hit a huge milestone in residency interviews! I finished my last virtual interview. I still have one more to wrap up interview season, but it will be in person in a few weeks.

Before interviewing, people told me that all of the programs would start to run together in my brain...and they were right! But luckily, I've been keeping a running rank list + recording "reaction" videos immediately after each interview. It still seems surreal that I will be a WHOLE doctor in 2026, but I am excited to see where The Match and next year takes me.

Until then, I am enjoying the luxuries of being a fourth year medical student! I am traveling this week to visit some family for Thanksgiving then escaping the NYC winter weather for a Caribbean cruise shortly after.

I hope you have a wonderful, delicious food-filled Thanksgiving holiday! Chat soon!

- Morgan :)

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Melanin.in.Med, LLC

Hi - I'm Morgan, a fourth year medical student in NYC! My content across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube covers my medicine, mentoriship, and faith. I am committed to helping premed students get accepted (with scholarships) leading to the creation of my courses, From Applicant to Accepted, and increasing transparency in medicine! Subscribe to receive my weekly newsletter which includes life updates, premed advice, and medical student tips!

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