Roof of the mouth
By Anup Shah, MS3 In clinics, many times you can be left feeling like an idiot. One of those times was on the second day
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Not just a medical student
By Julia McGuinness, MS3 “I would have done anything you told me to do.” Many people, I imagine, would welcome these words. Power is seductive,
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Being ready for anything
By Shehni Nadeem, MS2 My heart raced, blood dripped onto my hand as I held pressure on a gaping leg wound, and beads of sweat
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Why I choose primary care
By Myra Wong, MS4 I once took a personality test that said: “You enjoy making to-do lists. Sometimes, at the end of the day, you
Read MorePatience and patients
Editor’s note: author preferred to remain anonymous after discussing own medical history in the following post. Please feel free to direct all questions regarding the
Read MoreTell me what you really think
By Stephen Manning, MS2 “No teacher has ever told me what they really thought of me.” That’s what I was thinking as I read the
Read MoreThe unanswered question
By Stephanie Spann, MS3 Editor’s note: All names have been changed and identifying elements have been removed from this piece I was called to go
Read MoreMending broken hearts
By Rachel Conrad, MS3 I was on my only day in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. When the course coordinator emailed us inquiring about our
Read MoreHeart failure
By Rachel Conrad, MS3 During my months of Internal Medicine, it seemed that every patient who I saw was a victim of kidney, liver and
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By Maria Adelaida Otazo, MS3 Editor’s Note: All names have been changed and all patient identifiers have been removed from this story. One of my
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