Blog entries from Kevin L

Kevin's video blog

Kevin L — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:07:59 +0100

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M09EYAuooY 550x350]

MedChatter - The Book

Kevin L — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:32:03 +0100

.... is writing a book????

Recently, an idea occurred to me that I thought was worth sharing. Many premeds out there are very unsure of what it takes to make it into medicine. Although resources regarding medical admission are widely available, most of such resources provide scattered pieces of information that require significant amount of time Read More...

Physican to Mogul - Dr. Kevin Ham

Kevin L — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:56:00 +0100

So it’s 2:20 AM right now, and I’ve just spent the last 14 hours studying. I think I’ll call it a day. But before I head to bed, I just wanted to share this interesting success story that I’ve recently come across. This is the story of Kevin Ham, a graduate of UBC medicine who took a career detour in 1999 and built a $300 million empire. Business magazine calls him “the man who owns the internet” and “the most powerful dotcom mogul you’ve never Read More...

Chasing Prestige

Kevin L — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:58:55 +0100

I'd like to start this blog with a short video: [video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I&NR=1 500x400]

It's no secret that the medical profession is a prestigious one. The society often looks up to physicians and equates the word "doctor" with "intelligence, wealth, and importance". It's no lie that physicians play an important role in society. But what are the consequences of putting the medical profession on such a high pedestal? Not only can it breed a sense of elRead More...

The Art of Pimping

Kevin L — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:49:33 +0100

For those of you who don’t know, PIMPING is a legitimate term used in the medical field, and is defined as a time when a attending physician (the Pimper) poses a series of very difficult questions to the student (the Pimpee). It’s a term that had been popularized by Dr.Brancati in his classic 1989 article “The Art of Pimping”. Those who are not in medicine may not appreciate the degree of distress in which pimping may cause among medical students. Nevertheless, each meRead More...

Shadowing Experience #2 (Plastic Surgery)

Kevin L — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

When most people hear about plastic surgery, they think nose jobs, breast augmentation, botox, etc. Mental references to Dr. Christian Troy from Nip/Tuck may come to mind - the cash, the cars, the glory, and the girls. Even among premeds and medical students, plastic surgery can often be viewed as a superficial specialty with a cushy income. Is this general perception accurate? Based on my exposures, I'd have to say no.