Aug 02 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Seeking understanding

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Sarah Hanafi is a Psychiatry Resident (R1) at McGill University   I started my Geriatrics rotation on the Restorative Care unit. Having trained mostly in acute care, I found myself perplexed by this care...
Jul 30 2018
Student Humanities Blog

VSA

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Jenna Webber is a Public Health & Preventive Medicine Resident (R2) at Queen’s University   It’s 1 AM. The call comes in: VSA en route. Your team assembles. Efficient, empathic, skilled — the team...
Jul 19 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Challenge by example

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Mei Wen is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto   “Intersectionality” was always a term that I saw in academic discussions, but never something I consciously...
Jul 09 2018
Student Humanities Blog

To induce asystole as needed

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Michael Gritti is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto     “To induce asystole as needed.” Looking the decision in the face wasn’t as simple as...
Jul 05 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Book review: When Breath Becomes Air

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Dilshan Pieris is a second-year Masters Candidate in the Health Science Education program at McMaster University   When Breath Becomes Air (Random House, 2016) When Breath Becomes Air begins with Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s...
Jun 25 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Book review: Taking Turns

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Maggie Hulbert is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Queen’s University   Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 (Penn State University Press, 2017) The HIV/AIDS Care Unit (Unit...
Jun 21 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Self-definition

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Laura Kim is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of British Columbia   I’m a 3rd year medical student. But I’m not just a medical student. Before August...
Jun 11 2018
Student Humanities Blog

But neither stops the song

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Zeenat Junaid is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Bahria University in Pakistan   I checked his file again and looked up to see the patient with a tube hanging...