Category: Student Humanities Blog

Nov 19 2018

Mental health among medical students

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Rashi Hiranandani is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Ottawa Medical school is a stressful time in students’ lives. There are emotional, physical, and mental stressors;...

Nov 15 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: an asset in medical education

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Mohamad Matout is a Psychiatry Resident (R1) at McGill University The debate regarding what should future doctors be learning during medical school is sensitive and convoluted. During the four years in which...

Nov 12 2018

Student Humanities Blog

This is how a physician should listen

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Giuliana Guarna is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at McMaster University Knock, knock. I pulled back the large door and stepped into the room. It was early in the...

Nov 08 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Dying with dignity: a palliative care comparison

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Stephanie Hinton is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Queen’s University It’s August 17th. My grandmother died today. She never made it to palliative care. Instead, she was kept...

Nov 05 2018

Student Humanities Blog

What it takes

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June Duong is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Queen’s University Author’s note: This is a satire inspired by #tampongate on Twitter, which occurred on October 27, 2018 in response...

Nov 02 2018

Student Humanities Blog

White Coat Warm heART: call for submissions

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The 10th annual White Coat Warm heART exhibit, which celebrates and showcases the creative talents of medical trainees and practitioners from across Canada, will be held in conjunction with the...

Oct 29 2018

Student Humanities Blog

To begin at the end

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Serena Arora is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at McMaster University I love puzzles. I love looking at the picture on the box, seeing what the completed version will...

Oct 25 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Twenty-six-hour days

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Arnav Agarwal is an Internal Medicine Resident (R1) at the University of Toronto. Check back the last Thursday of each month for a new featured piece as part of his series (Doc Talks:...

Oct 22 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Suddenly

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Matthew Lee is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Dalhousie University I was totally unsure. Meeting a patient who knows they are going to die… wouldn’t it be intrusive,...

Oct 18 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Air and water

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Shubham Shan is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto She arrived on an inclined stretcher, grasping her Venturi mask like a child holding on to...

Oct 15 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Stigma and judgement are killing people

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Hilary Drake is a medical student in the Class of 2021 at the University of British Columbia On my first day in a new family practice, my preceptor asked me to take...

Oct 11 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Recognizing the importance of the traumatic nature of medicine

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Mitchell Elliott is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto Doctors are amongst the intellectual elite of society. In many cases, with decades of training and...

Oct 08 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Allyship, building coalitions of the willing, and communities of interest

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Yipeng Ge is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at the University of Ottawa Humbled. I am so truly humbled that I get to work with and learn from so...

Oct 04 2018

Student Humanities Blog

The portrait

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Noren Khamis is a Family Medicine Resident (R1) at the University of Toronto Early morning: the student comes by in a daze Disoriented in the hospital maze He’s frantic and...