Sep
14
2020
COVID-19 and loss of control
My new identity is the shunned “other”.
Sep
09
2020
The Stoic Dichotomy of Control and the Medical Trainee
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Sorush Rokui is a 4th year medical student at the University of British Columbia. Contrary to contemporary understanding of stoicism and the modern use of the adjective ‘stoic’, stoicism...
Sep
04
2020
The Ruby of Routine
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Dr. Ashnoor Nagji was trained in Family and Aboriginal Medicine at UBC. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor for the Faculty of Medicine and an Associate Professor at the...
Sep
01
2020
Two poems: “Strangers — Vicarious Lives”, “Entrance”
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Austin Lam is a medical student at the University of Toronto. The following two poems are reflections on the nature of interpersonal understanding, relating to the patient’s encounters with health care professionals....
Aug
27
2020
Broken Telephone
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Lorenzo Madrazo is a second-year Internal Medicine resident from Western University. Hello, Your dad is in the hospital Confused. Probably an infection. Hello He’s more Awake– Better...
Aug
14
2020
Virtual baptism in the PICU – compassion during a pandemic
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Nothing could stop the determination of this mother on a mission.
Aug
14
2020
Becoming a Pit Crew for Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Yousuf Ahmed, Syed Anser Daud, and Isra Hussein are 3rd year medical students from the University of Toronto. John Kim, Maroof Khalid, Maham Khalid, and Samveg Shah are 3rd year medical...
Aug
11
2020
A Reflection on the Changing Face of Medicine
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In my short tenure in the clinical setting, I have met patients who, before all else, will ask where I am from.
Aug
08
2020
Viral Shedding
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Sumedha Arya is a hematology fellow at the University of Toronto. If the body is a vector for disease, Then what am I? Flesh on bone on flesh and bone,...
Aug
05
2020
Looking into the Cinematic Mirror: Studying Outbreak Films during COVID-19
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Fear is a key element of this response and is influenced by cultural scripts, such as those perpetuated in films.
Jul
28
2020
Birthday during COVID
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Kacper Niburski is a medical student in the Class of 2021 at McGill University* i do not wish to tell you that this is it all that is left when all is...
Jul
27
2020
Learning from a global pandemic
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The William Osler Health System’s Results Notification Project is an example of what effective communication and timely collaboration can achieve.
Jul
26
2020
The effect of COVID-19 uniforms
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My title doesn’t matter here, only my presence, my ability to listen, empathize, contribute and think.
Jul
21
2020
Virtual family-centred rounds: a collaborative necessity during COVID-19 and beyond
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Traditionally, family-centred rounds take place in the patient’s room. During the pandemic, however, congregating in patients' rooms for rounds is no longer advisable