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Feb 14 2024

Student Humanities Blog

The proverbial blank page

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Gifted the life of a person intersecting with our own.

Feb 02 2024

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A new type of camping trip

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As for residency, I want to become a cardiac surgeon and am willing to make almost any sacrifice to get there. And maybe, just maybe, living in a camper for...

Jun 27 2023

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Scratching the surface

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So then why, every year, do the losses compound? Too many gone with barely a sound.

Oct 28 2022

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A house of medical knowledge

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It’s the construction of a framework on which to hang a lifetime of medical knowledge.

Aug 22 2022

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OPQRST

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I decided to not let the hard structure of the words in my notebook direct me anymore.

Aug 17 2022

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The human connection

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This had been a remarkable journey for me as well. The process of following a patient to recovery made me realize two important lessons.

Jul 27 2022

Reflections

Systole/Diastole

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Tahmeena Ali is a wife, mother, writer and family physician in White Rock, BC In medical school, we learned the components of the cardiac cycle. Systole: contract; diastole: relax. Essential...

Jul 26 2022

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Reflections on the healing role of palliative care

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It was Mary's healing of the living that was especially needed.

Jun 24 2022

Reflections

From policy to action: applying the Canadian Medical Association’s equity and diversity statement to the clinical learning environment

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It is not sufficient only to ensure greater enrollment of students from marginalized backgrounds; the clinical learning environment should also be made welcoming and conducive to their thriving.

Jun 20 2022

Student Humanities Blog

Off medicine, on Broadway: lessons about medicine in the theatre

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I didn’t expect that Broadway would be the place that I would ponder how practitioners of medicine are portrayed and the way diseases reflect our society.

May 04 2022

Reflections