Author: Sian Hsiang-Te Tsuei

Sian Hsiang-Te Tsuei (2 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine

I am currently studying at the University of British Columbia, with an interest in internal medicine, global health, and socioeconomic justice.




Examining Altruism in Medical Student Volunteer Work: A Reply to Pham’s Article

Published by Sian Hsiang-Te Tsuei

Author’s note: This article was written by Sian Hsiang-Te Tsuei and Amy Po-Yu Tsai. Pham (2013) questioned medical students’ underlying reason for volunteering to perform physical exams at free clinics and concluded in the article “Volunteering in Medical School: A Waste of Time?” that volunteering will never be a waste of time because medical students matriculate to “improve the quality of life for humankind, to service the underserved and to advocate for our patients who …

Main Street Man

Published by Sian Hsiang-Te Tsuei

Stumbling through bus doors, he stomps mud-slated boots, grins me a brown-toothed “hey.” His ruffled voice drifts to me, as though we’re been siblings, or decade-long friends, and tonight’s moonless chat on the bus just another usual chat. He offers me a swig of his pink juice and when I refuse, he downs one until his face turns to a flamingo pink, and blood engulfs his cheeks. In the stuffy air softened by vodka, I …

Sian Hsiang-Te Tsuei (2 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine

I am currently studying at the University of British Columbia, with an interest in internal medicine, global health, and socioeconomic justice.