This is not a ruthless attempt to crush your dreams and passions. This is not an op-ed on our current health care system. This is targeted toward individuals who are considering medical school in order to practice clinical medicine, written by a physician in postgraduate training.

To survive medical school one must be genuinely interested to learn, be ready to jump through hoops when necessary, and be prepared to experience the ups and downs of caring for patients with serious illness.

Medical students spend hours learning about human health, behavior and how to provide good patient care. But when it comes to caring for lesbian, gay,...

Anatomy class in medical school has been reduced to a mere eight weeks during the first year of medical school, instead of the full year that comprised my education 40 years ago.