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This Space

by Boyoung Ahn

This is a space / between you and me / where you can simply be

August 13, 2020

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Featured, Off the Shelf, Poetry Thursdays

The Littlest Future Docs

by Kayla Morrell

Upon meeting the new children I was babysitting, the little girl Elason immediately asked me if I brought my stethoscope. Her mom had told her that I was a medical student. In the eyes of Elason and Kaje, that made me a superhero. It didn’t matter that I was at the bottom of the food chain in the medical world.

August 12, 2020

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Featured, Off the Shelf

August 13, 2020

This Space

This is a space / between you and me / where you can simply be

August 12, 2020

The Littlest Future Docs

Upon meeting the new children I was babysitting, the little girl Elason immediately asked me if I brought my...

by Kayla Morrell

August 10, 2020

The Unnamed Hero

Until recently, vulnerability meant weakness, allowing oneself to fall behind without a chance for recovery. Courage, on the other...

hope

like breath in our lungs / we do not notice it / until it is gone

by Anna Delamerced

Structural Violence and Noncompliance: A 49-year-old Hispanic Woman with Metabolic...

Mrs. H’s story is just one of millions of Americans who have become victims of structural violence and suffered...

by Philine Endres

Allow Natural Death

Allowing natural death gives the elderly and terminally ill the opportunity to control the end of their life, providing...

Overcoming Social Identity Threat: A Conversation with Silverberg Aryee

After this conversation, I am left thinking about ways in which medical schools can create an environment that is...

by Archana Bharadwaj

More Than Skin Deep: Underrepresentation of Brown and Black Skin in Medical Education

Medicine is a discipline that claims to be based on empirical and scientific truth about human nature. Instead, its...

Where I Am From

I am from wide-toothed combs / pulled through tangled hair. / I am from rumbling yellow school buses

Secret Burrito

High potassium? / How did this happen so fast? / Secret burrito.

by Alex Grosinger

Don’t Sideline Yourself: The Pre-Medical Student Athlete

Given the staggering time commitment required for a pre-medical student or an NCAA athlete, one may question whether it...

by Katarina Zahedi

Lessons From Quarantine

I was anxious because I was used to moving at such a fast pace that slamming on the breaks...

by Sylvia Guerra

Finding Purpose Amid the Quarantine Chaos

In Nicaragua, where I was born and raised, we routinely stayed at home for dengue outbreaks, violence and hurricanes....

by Marilyn Corrales

This is Water: A Perspective on Race from a White Male

As a White male, there are certain things that I will never understand. I was raised in an upper-middle-class...

by Caleb Sokolowski

You’re Not a Bold, Knowledgeable Medical Student — You’re Just...

I knew I moved through these spaces easily for many reasons, but being White is a big one that...

by Nat Mulkey

A Growing Disillusionment: The Need for Anti-Racist Curricula in Medical Education

Is medical education doing enough to address future physicians’ abilities to understand the perspectives of their patients? As a...

by Adonai Sebastian

The Unnamed Hero

Published by Robert Pell

Until recently, vulnerability meant weakness, allowing oneself to fall behind without a chance for recovery. Courage, on the other hand, had the opposite meaning: betting all my chips on...

August 10, 2020

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You’re Not a Bold, Knowledgeable Medical Student — You’re Just White

Published by Nat Mulkey

I knew I moved through these spaces easily for many reasons, but being White is a big one that needs to be said out loud. And when you look...

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Featured, From the Wards

My First Stitch

Published by Eric Bethea

“Could you please hand Eric the needle driver?” As the scrub tech loaded up that blessed golden tool, I knew that I had just ascended within the realm of...

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Featured, From the Wards

Long Walks in a Short Hall

Published by Brandon Marshall

I commented to the resident how satisfied the attending would be with the efficiency of his work. He just laughed and said “look” as he gestured down to his...

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Featured, From the Wards

Structural Violence and Noncompliance: A 49-year-old Hispanic Woman with Metabolic...

Mrs. H’s story is just one of millions of Americans who have become victims of structural violence and suffered...

by Philine Endres

Looking Towards Clinicals After Graduate School

After four years of adapting my schedule based on the results of my experiments, I once again look forward...

by Alexander Yang

From The Window

A rainy day while the sun is out is a bad omen. But every day seems like a bad...

by Thomas Amburn

Reimagining Quarantine: Surviving Medical School at Home

Back in late March, I was a medical student in D.C. studying for exams. Today, I am a 23-year-old...

by Sara Wierbowski