Category: Student Humanities Blog

May 08 2014

What a patient taught me about Facebook

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Gregory Sawisky University of Alberta Class of 2016 “So, what are you doing to deal with your disease?” I ask her. We meet on the wards while I am a...

May 06 2014

Student Humanities Blog

The Vocation of Medicine: Considering History, Theology, and Sociology

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Lester Liao Western University Class of 2016 Holistic care is making its way into medical school curricula. This is wonderful when we consider the plethora of information gathered from several...

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

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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

Student Humanities Blog

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 03 2014

Student Humanities Blog

The Side Effects of Shadowing

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Lisa Saldanha University of Toronto Class of 2017 I was hit by the smell of stale cigarettes and unwashed clothes. We walked through the narrow hallway to reach the patient....

Apr 01 2014

Student Humanities Blog

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

Student Humanities Blog

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...