"We, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Class of 2026, "accordingly make this oath to our patients, "to science, to our communities, and to ourselves, today and for the rest of our lives."

-Yay!

(cheers) -Growing up here in the Bronx, I passed by Einstein all the time.

As I got older, I realized the magnitude of that.

I was like, "We have a medical school in the Bronx!"

That's actually pretty cool when you think about it.

-When I was 14 I knew I wanted to be a doctor.

Every exam you take every rotation you get through, you know you'r one step closer to your dream.

-(cheers) -I basically grew u in my parents' clinic in Syria.

They were my first inspiration of becoming a doctor.

-(speaking Arabic) -(speaking Arabic) -First few years, all about book learning, lectures.

And then third year is about rotations, seeing patients.

(to patient): Lungs sound good.

It's a whole new way of thinking, this whole new language.

-So right now, we're sending applications to these residency programs.

All the electives we've done, all the programs we've been a part of... -(to students): Do you folks want to see the appendix?

Oh, you're going to be so shocked!

-That's all been working up to this kind of moment.

-(to patient): Put your hand here.

Feel that crunching?

-(to patient): Can you put your other hand here?

I know.

It's hard to feel.

-(to patient): So the plan is to probably get you home today if the pain is pretty controlled... -A lot of people that look like me are the nurses in the hospital.

Like, we're not expected to be the doctors.

And I wanted to push that boundary.

-(to patient): Okay?

-Representation matters.

-I'm participating in the U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship Program, and I will graduate as a U.S. Army physician.

-Start applying the tourniquet.

-We are often people's first doctor that they've seen in decades, so it's a really important first line.

-And we want to go over the service anatomy here, right?

-It's-- it's been great to get in the hospital and I like the hands-on aspect of it.

-Alright, so there's some issue with the back of the labrum.

Where-- so, I'm going to take, I think, a closer look at that.

(instruments buzzing) -That's it.

-Down.

-No, you're down!

-Okay.

(sirens blaring) -(announcement) "Rapid response.

Room 312."

-(to dummy "patient"): Sir, can you hear us?

-She got ECG.

-So, we're going to stop here.

-I wasn't sure... -(instructor) So, how'd we do?

-(students): He did die.

Well, he did die.

-Okay.

-Super nerve-wracking.

-Oh, what are you nervous for?

-Just in general.

It's fine.

-(to patient): This is Andrew.

He's a first-year medical student.

-(Andrew): Hello.

-(patient): I got shot.

-(Andrew): Okay.

-(patient): It bounced.

It hit my spinal cord.

And I got to be, like, a little depressed 'cause I'm not going to be there for my baby-- -my baby birthday.

-(Andrew): Mm-hmm.

-(lecturer): In all of New York City, top four neighborhoods that have the highest rates of overdose are all in the Bronx.

-The outcomes for people of color, just in general, with healthcare, are significantly worse.

-Now we're walking to the shuttle.

It's, like, 6:10.

Dark, sad.

And here I am, pretending to study.

-Trying to become fluent in something that, you know, you haven't really gotten nearly enough exposure to.

I, like, really felt like a dumbass every single day.

-I am so dehydrated because of how much I cried yesterday.

-It was, like, really a lot of stuff.

And I didn't anticipate it to be as hard as it is.

-(instructor): Ghaith is going to listen with me to your back and your chest.

-Christine, we're going back into clerkships.

What are you going into?

-Internal medicine.

-Are you excited?

-Yeah.

-It's crazy 'cause today is your day, but I kind of feel nervous, too.

Like I'm about to go do something.

-(laughs) -A moment of truth... Congratulations, my love.

Monte doctor!

Monte doctor!

You did it, babe.

Oh, my god.