Oct 28 2022

Student Humanities Blog

A house of medical knowledge

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It’s the construction of a framework on which to hang a lifetime of medical knowledge.

Aug 22 2022

Student Humanities Blog

OPQRST

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I decided to not let the hard structure of the words in my notebook direct me anymore.

Aug 17 2022

Student Humanities Blog

The human connection

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This had been a remarkable journey for me as well. The process of following a patient to recovery made me realize two important lessons.

Jul 27 2022

Reflections

Systole/Diastole

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Tahmeena Ali is a wife, mother, writer and family physician in White Rock, BC In medical school, we learned the components of the cardiac cycle. Systole: contract; diastole: relax. Essential...

Jul 26 2022

Student Humanities Blog

Reflections on the healing role of palliative care

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It was Mary's healing of the living that was especially needed.

Jun 24 2022

Reflections

From policy to action: applying the Canadian Medical Association’s equity and diversity statement to the clinical learning environment

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It is not sufficient only to ensure greater enrollment of students from marginalized backgrounds; the clinical learning environment should also be made welcoming and conducive to their thriving.

Jun 20 2022

Student Humanities Blog

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.

May 04 2022

Reflections

Patient-oriented research: everything old is new again

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Unsurprisingly, the definition and approach for POR is evolving.

Apr 13 2022

Student Humanities Blog

The fallacy of perfection

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

Apr 12 2022

Medical Dispatches

Virtual forum on Black student representation in the health sciences – moving forward through co-construction

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The underlying causes of Black student underrepresentation in health sciences are complex. Their roots lie upstream to admissions processes.

Mar 08 2022

Student Humanities Blog

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

Student Humanities Blog

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

Student Humanities Blog

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

COVID-19

Omicron – we can’t say we didn’t know

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Most of us thought we’d be in a much better place 2 years in. But ignoring reality and not using effective tools available to us will only make things much...