Author: CMAJ

Dec 25 2017
Student Humanities Blog

An ode for a night ward

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Ashleigh Frayne is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Calgary       My neck aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My mind, as though...
Dec 21 2017
Student Humanities Blog

The hearing

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Jason Gencher is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Toronto   Today is the day. I have waited six months for today. I’m so tired,...
Dec 18 2017
Student Humanities Blog

60 minutes

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Tharshika Thangarasa is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Ottawa       You wait, And enter. You have 60 minutes to speak. To expose the...
Dec 07 2017
Student Humanities Blog

In the face of death

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Noren Khamis is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of British Columbia   Long before starting medical school, I wondered how I would react to the...
Dec 04 2017
Student Humanities Blog

Holding fast

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Grace Zhang is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Queen’s University       [For my Grandmother] we don’t talk much these days (which is mostly my fault,...
Nov 30 2017
Student Humanities Blog

Collateral

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Sarah Chauvin is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Toronto   Collateral. Collateral. Collateral. Three weeks in a psychiatric Emergency Department, and I have more...
Nov 27 2017
Student Humanities Blog

Basic structures

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Jonathan Oore is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Dalhousie University   Symmetry is integral to life on earth. So too is asymmetry. The human body’s organization...
Nov 20 2017
Student Humanities Blog

Cinders

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Prasham Dave is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Ottawa       Sunken eyes my burden and a blazing smile my shield, My patient...
Nov 17 2017
Student Humanities Blog

On humility

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Sondos Zayed is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at McGill University   Time and time again residents tend to give us, medical students, the same piece of invaluable advice:...