Welcome to Gremlin in Scrubs
grem·lin
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A gremlin, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is a “maker of mischief,” and represents, for me, the creative, imaginative, inquisitive, youthful, fun-loving, and stubborn aspects of my personality. It has been used (affectionately) as a nickname for me by friends, and I have taken no offense. In fact, as I embark on the beginning of a professional career in medicine, I am determined not to sacrifice the creativity and imagination I so enjoy to the intensity and practicality of scientific study. One need not smother creative inspiration and curiosity in a professional field full of unyielding expectations, strict codes of conduct and devastating reality. In fact, the need to express products of creative thought are ever more necessary in environments where harsh realities often take center stage. This blog is a testament to this goal I have made for myself–it is seemingly absurd, yet symbolic in its paradox between fantasy and fact, creativity and chemistry, and the embodiment of the two disparate and intimate fields to which I will dedicate my professional life–it is the Gremlin in Scrubs.
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