Category: Student Humanities Blog

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.

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

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

Trauma: encountering the past in the present

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Heavy stillness permeated the room; no eye contact was made. Made sense to me, eyes convey the depth of the tragedy.

Nov 12 2021

COVID-19, Student Humanities Blog

A double take on anti-asian racism

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I preferred “Shirley,” a name that was assigned to me by my first Canadian teacher because “my Chinese name was too difficult to pronounce.”

Sep 17 2021

Student Humanities Blog

The chapter after death

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I think about him as I close my eyes at night, and again when I wake up at 4 am with a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. 

Sep 13 2021

Student Humanities Blog

Is uncertainty a fate worse than death?

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For many patients, the loss of control that follows a difficult diagnosis may perhaps supersede their fear of mortality.

Sep 01 2021

Student Humanities Blog

Loose ties held tight

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May we find our creative ways to show warmth within our loose ties

Aug 27 2021

COVID-19, Reflections, Student Humanities Blog

Safety vs. wellbeing in long-term care during COVID-19

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Perhaps the hardest part as a LTC employee was supervising outdoor patio visits for residents and their families in order to prevent physical touch.

Aug 19 2021

Student Humanities Blog

I’m taking the summer off: a medical learner’s perspective

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Saying I’m taking the summer off gives me a gnawing feeling in my belly.

Aug 17 2021

Reflections, Student Humanities Blog

From an ex-running-hater

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Each time I am filled with self-doubt from comparing myself to my peers, I think of racehorses and the blinders they wear to focus on their own race.