It was 3 PM, and I was halfway through my first shadowing shift at the Grady Memorial Emergency Department. My supervising doctor was chatting with a colleague about a patient we had just seen. I couldn't help but listen in, but something was off. It was as if I were in a different country--one where "costochondritis" and "diaphoresis" were part of the vernacular. I was hooked and I wanted to learn more. As a volunteer, I see an average of 20 patients...

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