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It Was Grief Speaking

by Sharon Hsu

We sit in a clumsy ring / under fluorescent lights, / halfway into the allotted one hour / before we realize that we are having / a conversation born a whole decade ago.

October 22, 2020
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A Few Words on Health Disparity in the Asian American Community

by Jasmine Lam

As stressed medical students looking for an eventful destination to spend our spring break, my friend and I chose to take a trip to America’s Big Apple, New York City. On a sunny day in NYC, I remember enjoying our morning cups of coffee and walking into a subway station when, suddenly, an older man shouted at us, “Take your Corona and get out...

October 19, 2020
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October 22, 2020

It Was Grief Speaking

We sit in a clumsy ring / under fluorescent lights, / halfway into the allotted one hour / before...

by Sharon Hsu
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October 21, 2020

Why Medical Students Need to Be Trained in Vulnerability

In a profession where we are trained to fight death around any corner, any day, students need to not...

by Hannah Korah
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October 20, 2020

Care for the Homeless: Keeping Promises

It was a Saturday morning and there were close to fifty volunteers who gathered at a homeless shelter in...

by Daniel Gehlbach
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October 19, 2020

A Few Words on Health Disparity in the Asian American Community

As stressed medical students looking for an eventful destination to spend our spring break, my friend and I chose...

by Jasmine Lam
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October 18, 2020

The Family Meeting

For me, one of these moments occurred during my neurology clerkship, a week into working in the Neuro Intensive...

by Michael Velez
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October 17, 2020

We Have a Cost Crisis in Medicine, What Can Medical Students Do To Help?

There is a cost crisis in medicine: the healthcare industry accounts for about 18 percent of the GDP in...

by Caleb Sokolowski
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October 15, 2020

three machines

so one day / i can translate to my patients / what my family missed.

by Kirsten Myers
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October 14, 2020

Wards & Boards: Reducing the Clinical Training Learning Curve

My friends and I wished we knew how to flourish from the beginning, so we decided to create Wards...

by Matthew Hidalgo
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October 13, 2020

Empathy or Compassion: Which is Better for Patients and Providers?

This piece is focused on the applications of empathy and compassion in decision-making. How can we distinguish between them?...

by Brian James
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October 12, 2020

Snakes and Symbols: How Medicine Misrepresents Itself

A picture is worth 1,000 words, and the world today is full of symbols. Emojis share paragraphs of information....

by M.T. Bennett
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October 11, 2020

Leading the Rounds: The Medical Leadership Podcast — “Dr. Brent James on...

Dr. Brent James was a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Senior Advisor at the Leavitt Group...

by Caleb Sokolowski
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October 8, 2020

The Overwhelming Choices We Face

She’s overwhelmed with options, can’t even remember what they were, / so we decide to move on and talk...

by Brian James
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October 8, 2020

“Stay Safe and Well”

Engaging strangers with kind eyes rather than tender faces, / Air hugs rather than warm embraces, / Family Zoom...

by Samantha M Rodriguez
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October 7, 2020

American Sign Language and the Power of Communication

I began my journey with the Deaf community before coming to medical school starting with a basic American Sign...

by Matthew Busch
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October 6, 2020

The Vulnerability of Our Patients and Ourselves: A Parallel Chart Reflection

I actually don’t remember his name; he wasn’t my patient. I just saw him during rounds every day during...

by Rachel Fields
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October 5, 2020

Buddy

You were my first patient on my first inpatient rotation as a third-year medical student, which meant that I...

by John Carlo Pasco
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October 11, 2020

Leading the Rounds: The Medical Leadership Podcast — &...

September 20, 2020

Leading the Rounds: The Medical Leadership Podcast — &...

September 5, 2020

Leading the Rounds: The Medical Leadership Podcast

August 3, 2020

Allow Natural Death

In Color Cover Photo
August 2, 2020

Overcoming Social Identity Threat: A Conversation with...

July 20, 2020

Tanner Smith’s Path to Medical School

July 7, 2020

“Sex” — A Word With a Legal Definition That Could...

June 29, 2020

Yes, Doctor

Lived experience
June 8, 2020

Applying Lessons from Moby Dick to Medicine

May 18, 2020

A New Beginning

From the Wards

The Family Meeting

Published by Michael Velez

For me, one of these moments occurred during my neurology clerkship, a week into working in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I took part in a meeting with...

October 18, 2020
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Wards & Boards: Reducing the Clinical Training Learning Curve

Published by Matthew Hidalgo

My friends and I wished we knew how to flourish from the beginning, so we decided to create Wards & Boards, a peer-to-peer mentorship mobile app. The app compiled...

October 14, 2020
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Featured, From the Wards, Tech

The Overwhelming Choices We Face

Published by Brian James

She’s overwhelmed with options, can’t even remember what they were, / so we decide to move on and talk about what family problems bother her.

October 8, 2020
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The Vulnerability of Our Patients and Ourselves: A Parallel Chart Reflection

Published by Rachel Fields

I actually don’t remember his name; he wasn’t my patient. I just saw him during rounds every day during my internal medicine clerkship. He was in his late-80s, and...

October 6, 2020
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Preclinical

September 7, 2020

Fighting the Fight: A Pandemic Perspective

Yes, unfortunately, I have become one of the 60,000 and rising daily cases in the nation. Yet, I am...

by Yichi Zhang
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September 1, 2020

Plight of M2 Year

While it is easy to feel stuck and unhappy in this current life-box, I recognize that we must take...

by Lily Foley
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August 26, 2020

A Heartbreaking Diagnosis

While the professor moved to the next slide, my face visibly blanched. All I could hear was the drowning...

by Nikita Deshpande
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August 18, 2020

My Pandemic Journey

Unmotivated to study, I dedicated myself to researching the virus as well as its epidemiological, social and economical impact...

by Somiya Maheshwari
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Opinions

Why Medical Students Need to Be Trained in VulnerabilityIn a profession where we are trained to fight death around any corner, any...October 21, 2020

Care for the Homeless: Keeping PromisesIt was a Saturday morning and there were close to fifty volunteers who gathered...October 20, 2020

A Few Words on Health Disparity in the Asian American CommunityAs stressed medical students looking for an eventful destination to spend our spring break,...October 19, 2020

We Have a Cost Crisis in Medicine, What Can Medical Students Do To Help?There is a cost crisis in medicine: the healthcare industry accounts for about 18...October 17, 2020

Empathy or Compassion: Which is Better for Patients and Providers?This piece is focused on the applications of empathy and compassion in decision-making. How...October 13, 2020

Snakes and Symbols: How Medicine Misrepresents ItselfA picture is worth 1,000 words, and the world today is full of symbols....October 12, 2020

American Sign Language and the Power of CommunicationI began my journey with the Deaf community before coming to medical school starting...October 7, 2020

Shut Up and Doctor?Now, I am a fourth-year medical student standing at the foot of a tall...October 3, 2020

How CrossFit Prepared Me for Medical SchoolA few years ago, I found CrossFit. Since then, I have spent a large...October 2, 2020

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