Category: Student Humanities Blog

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 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.

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

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

Student Humanities Blog

10:30

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Time is 10:30 And we are all for it

Dec 15 2021

Student Humanities Blog

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