Along with spending time on the inpatient unit, I have additional roles as program-wide chief resident and chief resident for quality improvement. I chose my adventure to be busy and simulate what life might be like after graduation while still in a supportive environment. The final year as a Yale psychiatry resident is a choose-your-own adventure. I have chosen to focus my flexible time on medical education, leadership, and quality improvement initiatives, each of which has added significant value to my experience here at Yale. Lastly, I was intrigued by the flexibility that Yale offered in exploring various passions and niches within psychiatry, accompanied by the diverse faculty to explore these passions with. I got to meet many of the residents and was impressed by their down-to-earth nature. I loved every minute on the unit and was pleasantly surprised by the weather (it was September) and small-city vibes of New Haven. Why I Chose YaleĪs a fourth-year medical student, I was fortunate to complete an away rotation at Yale on WS2, the adult mood disorders inpatient unit. A combination of my psychology background and my experiences as a teacher led me to medical school with the aim of becoming a psychiatrist. Although I adored my students, I felt as though they needed far more support in life than they did in math. I attended Rice University on a golf scholarship and majored in psychology and economics before teaching middle-school mathematics for two years with Teach For America.
My family made a drastic move from rural Scotland to Houston, Texas just prior to my sophomore year of high school. I was surrounded by open fields filled with sheep, villages filled with flowers, and a pot filled with tea. The first fifteen years of my life were spent in the idyllic British countryside.
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