An Internship At Tufts Medical College - 1185 Words

You can’t expect my life story to be exciting to the point where you wish you were me, because it’s not. All I can say for myself is â€Å"wow†. I can’t believe I survived Kasturba Medical College (KMC) in India. It’s one of the top 10 medical colleges in India and it was a lot of work (citation 1). After medical college I did my masters, which helped me specialize in cardiac surgery. Each summer I would come back to the United States to do an internship at Tufts. I’m glad my schooling worked out okay in India because if I choose to study in the United States, I would have to be in school for a total of ten years before I could began my residency. But studying in India allowed me to study ten years worth of material in six years, and not to†¦show more content†¦The best part about it is that it’s voice activated. Their bed adjusts to their spinal structure and monitors their sleep patterns, their electronic floor mimics the i mage of fresh grass in the morning, their electronic walls accurately depict a dark green meadow, and they have an iWardrobe which suggests daily outfits based on the weather. My room is a lot more simpler. I painted my walls a dark pastel blue because I hear it’s the best for a relaxed environment. My floor is a smoky brown hardwood. My walls are isolated for the winter and soundproof all year round because I usually have to answer my patient’s calls. I have one desk in the corner with a Mac connected to a monitor that’s on my wall, a bed in the other corner, a bookshelf in the third corner, and a regular wardrobe with many scrubs in the last corner . Typically, I wake up at 5:15 a.m., refresh myself, cook some hard-boiled eggs, drink a homemade banana milkshake, throw on a scrub, and go to work using the UTS. 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