Author: CMAJ

May 15 2014
Student Humanities Blog

A Traveler’s Vista

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Annie Liu University of Toronto Class of 2015 A glimpse of a remembered or anticipated experience, influenced sometimes by our foundations of knowledge and societal expectations, but rooted always in...
May 13 2014
Student Humanities Blog

Learning From the Experts

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Maija Robinson, Tim Miao and Colin Way University of Ottawa Class of 2017 As medical students, we tend to focus on the physiological consequences of disease.  However, what really drives...
Apr 30 2014
Student Humanities Blog

My Box

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Irene Chen University of Toronto Class of 2017 I like it. I like the darkness the stillness the silence, no visitors no boxmates no one to explain myself to. I...
Apr 22 2014
Student Humanities Blog

Aujourd’hui

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Florence Grégoire-Briard McGill University Class of 2015 Aujourd’hui, j’ai vu la mort. Aujourd’hui, j’ai vu la vie. Aujourd’hui, j’ai tenu la main d’un homme et l’ai accompagné dans ses derniers souffles....
Apr 16 2014
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Skeletal Discovery

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April Marinich University of Ottawa Class of 2016 An attempt to look at medicine in a different way, in this case a model skeleton, was what inspired this series of photographs. These...
Apr 10 2014
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Grandma

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Cynthia Kong University of British Columbia Class of 2016 The phone rang again today we picked up and tried to yell Grandma, just put the phone to your ear it’s...
Apr 01 2014
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They Were Blue

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Debra Sanft McGill University Class of 2014 They were blue, the eyes of the first patient that I knew who died. It was a busy night in the emergency room,...
Mar 25 2014
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Ancient Medicine

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Heather Laakso McMaster University Class of 2015 The obstetrician has both her hands inside the uterus and she struggles, for a moment, to reposition the baby. Blood and amniotic fluid...
Mar 25 2014
Student Humanities Blog

Seedling

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Jessie Kang Dalhousie University Class of 2016 This painting is meaningful to me on several levels. Most superficially, it represents my love for the human brain. I remember dissecting the...