Somewhere in Between

<p><strong>Hidden worlds often exist in plain sight: the galaxies above the buried bodies beneath the Easter Island heads ... and medical school. </strong></p><p></p><p><em>Somewhere in Between</em> holds a magnifying glass over medical training's idiosyncrasies from the cadaver lab and board exams to inadvertently broken sterile fields on clerkship rotations. But this is more than just a story about becoming a doctor. Dr. Sean Pirkle reflects on life through the lens of medicine-navigating the uncertainty of receiving an incurable diagnosis while studying it in class discovering love on the wards and standing on the front lines during a global pandemic. He grapples with the strange reality of a computer algorithm determining his future and confronts the ethical complexities that arise when theory meets practice.</p><p></p><p>Through honest reflection and quiet humor Dr. Pirkle invites readers to witness the triumphs and missteps that shaped him offering an unfiltered glimpse into the human side of medicine.</p>