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 04 2014

Editors' Blog

Lessons in Psychology and Animal Husbandry from the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Annual Meeting

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  by Kirsten Patrick, Deputy Editor, CMAJ, in Victoria, BC Human beings are often difficult to fathom. In a lecture about the health effects (present and expected) of climate change,...

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...