Author: CMAJ

Apr 26 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Cultural safety: xenophobia within the same cultural group

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Jaya Tanwani is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at the University of Toronto   An interesting experience I had with cultural safety was when I volunteered at medical camps in rural...

Apr 23 2018

Student Humanities Blog

When art and science meet

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Stéphanie Benoît is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Ottawa   AiLi Wang is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Ottawa   What is medicine? It...

Apr 19 2018

Student Humanities Blog

To the parents of a clinical clerk: thank you

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Yara Abou-Hamde is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University   Dear Mom and Dad, When you arrived in Canada eleven years ago with four young children, you knew you had...

Apr 18 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Seeking Executive Committee nominations for the new Canadian Association for Health Humanities

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The Canadian Association for Health Humanities, which will be launched at the Creating Spaces Conference in Halifax, April 27–28, 2018, is seeking nominations for the inaugural Executive Committee. Positions include...

Apr 16 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Recollecting an ethics of care: Heideggerian questions in medicine

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Austin Lam is a medical student at the University of Toronto   I remember the final oral examination for my Phenomenology course at McGill University. I was nearing completion of my undergraduate degree, yet...

Apr 12 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Memoirs of a lamenting mind

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Sunjit Parmar is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of British Columbia     A withering mind: As this body crawls forth to die My soul still marches...

Apr 09 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Book review: The Unravelling

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Maggie Hulbert is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Queen’s University   The Unravelling (Broadview Press, 2017) Graphic novels have emerged from the field of medical humanities as a powerful...

Mar 26 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Medical dysfunction

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Lorenzo Madrazo is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Ottawa       Murmurs. Grade 3 out of 6 systolic— A harsh tone I listened to carefully. Yet...

Mar 22 2018

Student Humanities Blog

The forgotten people: reflecting on the contemporary social isolation of Canadian seniors

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Hong Yu (Andrew) Su is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University Jessica Chin is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University Matthew Greenacre is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western...

Mar 19 2018

Student Humanities Blog

What working at a supervised injection site for a year taught me about our healthcare system

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Ariane Litalien is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at McGill University   I was about halfway through my second year as a medical student at McGill University when—for a variety of...

Mar 15 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Death in medical training

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Sahil Sharma is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Western University   Nearing the end of my first year in Medical School, I am amazed by the wealth of knowledge acquired...

Mar 12 2018

Student Humanities Blog

A public health approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers

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Sondos Zayed is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at McGill University   Raised in an impoverished household, Ms. K was married off at a young age to a man decades her...

Mar 05 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Faded memories

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Michael Taylor is an MD/MBA student in the Class of 2020 at the University of Alberta       The whistle of far windy notes, painting the halls as if afloat. Seat...

Mar 01 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Experiencing vulnerability in Ethiopia

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Robbie Sparrow is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University   For individuals facing deep personal struggles, the path to recovery is often daunting and overwhelming. Support...