Category: Student Humanities Blog

Jun 20 2022

Off medicine, on Broadway: lessons about medicine in the theatre

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I didn’t expect that Broadway would be the place that I would ponder how practitioners of medicine are portrayed and the way diseases reflect our society.

Apr 13 2022

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The fallacy of perfection

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Your imperfections are not dirty secrets — they are a part of what makes you human.

Mar 08 2022

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The person behind the patient

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Through his consistent love and active interest in life, he taught me to look for the person behind the patient...

Jan 31 2022

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Losing my mother during medical school: A reflection

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The essence of palliative medicine, or perhaps good medicine in general, is to simply be with.

Jan 25 2022

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A CaRMS odyssey

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It felt as though I had unwittingly begun an adult immigration experience where my future livelihood and success depended on nearly instantaneously adapting to a new culture and language.

Dec 17 2021

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10:30

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Time is 10:30 And we are all for it

Dec 15 2021

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The last spring

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As the wind blew a steady warm breeze through my helmet, I was reminded that in medicine, unlike in the spring-time year after year, there may not be an opportunity...

Nov 16 2021

Student Humanities Blog