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Lessons to Learn from Reggie: The Importance of Medical Humanities

by Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako

A recent publication in the Journal of Neurology caused significant outrage not only within a forum dedicated to Black doctors and trainees, but also in the medical community online at large. Much like the rest of the readers, I was deeply troubled and did not understand the purpose of the article.

September 9, 2019

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Breaking the Stigma: Caribbean Medical Schools

by Gabriella Giambanco

She put down her drink, the corners of her mouth dropped slightly. “Oh, so a Caribbean medical school. What happened? You couldn’t get into a U.S. school?”

August 30, 2019

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Featured, Opinions

September 12, 2019

loser

You lose your pen with the red and blue and black ink when the attending asks to borrow it...

September 9, 2019

Lessons to Learn from Reggie: The Importance of Medical Humanities

A recent publication in the Journal of Neurology caused significant outrage not only within a forum dedicated to Black...

by Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako

September 5, 2019

6 y/o F, Patient Perspective of Illness

mom, what's loo-skeem-ya? / oh okay – does that mean I’m loo-skeem-ya?

by Vivian Ho

September 4, 2019

Jumping In

Asking someone if they want to kill themselves becomes easier every time.

by Madeline Fryer

August 30, 2019

Breaking the Stigma: Caribbean Medical Schools

She put down her drink, the corners of her mouth dropped slightly. “Oh, so a Caribbean medical school. What...

by Gabriella Giambanco

August 29, 2019

A Touch of Kindness

In the operating room, a man immediately recognized and greeted me / Even though I wore a surgical mask....

by April Hyon

August 23, 2019

Nose

I take a deep breath / to calm myself / before walking into the storm / of OR shadowing.

by Archana Bharadwaj

August 19, 2019

The Career Less Traveled: Choosing OB Hospitalist Medicine

It was exactly what I wanted -- a stable salary, not having to be on-call and the ability to...

by Angela Kim, MD

August 16, 2019

Daydream

On the other side there is a home, / With green grass, red rosebushes, and a pool where sharks...

by Mitchell Foster

August 14, 2019

Just Crazy

We shuffled out of the room, but before closing the door, I could hear her bangles ringing as her...

by Briana Christophers

August 13, 2019

Code Blue

Like an early Sunday morning in New York City or a football stadium the night before a game, it...

by Matthew Henry

Street Medicine Series: The University of Illinois, Chicago

Seeking to document the experiences of students in street medicine groups at medical schools across the country, I decided...

Can’t We All Just Get Along, For the Patient’s Sake?

When contemplating a career in medicine as either a nurse practitioner (NP), physician assistant (PA) or physician, I entered...

by Marlise Pierre-Wright

Obstacles Facing Residents Aging Out of the New York Capital Region Foster Care...

Children raised in foster homes tend to have a high morbidity. They have developed a similar prevalence of serious...

Failing Out and Leaning In

I refreshed the page over and over again, thinking that a different number would magically appear instead, but it...

by in-Training, the online peer-reviewed publication for medical students

The Patient In Room Four

I prepared myself to discuss lab results and dietary counseling. But then my eyes stumbled upon the words on...

Jumping In

Published by Madeline Fryer

Asking someone if they want to kill themselves becomes easier every time.

September 4, 2019

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Code Blue

Published by Matthew Henry

Like an early Sunday morning in New York City or a football stadium the night before a game, it is a hospital on a holiday weekend. This is my...

August 13, 2019

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The Patient In Room Four

Published by Chika Nwosu

I prepared myself to discuss lab results and dietary counseling. But then my eyes stumbled upon the words on my screen that seemed to be staring back at me:...

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Terms and Conditions

Published by Sophia Lindekugel

Training to become a physician is not only about acquiring knowledge, but also learning to impart that knowledge upon others -- most importantly, our patients. But, in this process...

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August 14, 2019

Just Crazy

We shuffled out of the room, but before closing the door, I could hear her bangles ringing as her...

by Briana Christophers

Failing Out and Leaning In

I refreshed the page over and over again, thinking that a different number would magically appear instead, but it...

by in-Training, the online peer-reviewed publication for medical students

A Reflection on My First Year of Medical School

The night before my white coat ceremony in mid-September, I took a drive around Worcester to clear my head....

by Charlotte Walmsley

Thoracic Exams and the Grand Canyon

I tripped into the practice clinic room at 12:05 p.m., cradling my cold coffee and explaining to my preceptor...

by Claire Porter