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....
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,...
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...
The hospital is on lockdown due to COVID-19, so visitors are not permitted. He has had no connection with the outside world other than health care personnel.
Michael Pratte is a second-year medical student at the University of Ottawa. Around the moment my scalpel cut into human flesh for the first time, it occurred to me that...
Saba Shahab is a third year medical student at Western University. How many patients remember every advice shared by their physician at a clinic visit? How often do patients...
Sujin Im is a family medicine resident R1 at University of Toronto. The morning after another 24-hour call shift at labor and delivery, I went for my routine rounding...
Owen Dan Luo is a medical student in the Class of 2023 at McGill University. He is also a committee member on the Health and Environment Adaptive Response Task force (HEART) of the...
Ashleigh Frayne is a Family Medicine (R1) at the University of British Columbia. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and I was on call, When I felt rather strange as...
Maggie Keresteci is a caregiver to her sibling who lives with a life altering disease and is committed to advocating for solutions that will improve the lives of Canadian patients...
Ilana Birnbaum is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at the University of Toronto. This work represents some of my reflections during my 6 week Surgery rotation...