How can Creative Expression Inspire Reflection in Medicine?
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- Feb 9, 2021
- 5 min
Can providers compartmentalize too much?
Can providers compartmentalize too much? We might rephrase this question in Osler-ian vocabulary: when does aequanimitas become detachment?
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- Oct 18, 2020
- 7 min
How Do You Make Change When Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health?
I realized we can't wait for all the research to come in—there's a lot of evidence that we could start teaching right now...
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
#9 Funny? #17 What scares you?
I fake laugh. I haven’t genuinely laughed in a while.
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- Aug 9, 2020
- 5 min
How Do You Cope When Fear Has Replaced Hope?
“I don’t know,” becomes a more commonplace response. Somewhere along the way, these fears, doubts, and questions became mine.
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- Jul 18, 2020
- 5 min
“How Are You (Honestly)?”: Pre-Medical Student Edition
Guest editor Sarah Berry, PhD worked with nineteen pre-medical students at Centre College, Rhodes College, and Sewanee: The University of...
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- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
#6 surprised to miss? #12 small moments?
I didn't realize how much I love hugs | Delivering a baby (I'm an OB resident), proof that life continues even in weird situations
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- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Why Do We Mask Our Vulnerabilities?
My mask, more precious to me in those moments, serves more to hide my expression of terror and vulnerability than as protection ...
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- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Can the Thorns Mean More Than the Petals?
As an intern I often found myself sitting on my couch after shifts, exhausted, unsuccessfully processing my daily dose of traumatic moments.
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- May 6, 2020
- 5 min
#3 Silver Lining? #15 Angry?
I don't want to beat my fiancé over the head with a paddle yet. Enough with the social media posts of yourself wearing PPE.
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- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
#1:When people ask you if you're ok, and you nod "yes," what do you really want to say?
I wish people understood how anxious I am. || I really am fine. This is what I was made for. || The sense of unknown is wearing on me...
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- Oct 10, 2019
- 3 min
Can respect be a vice?
... like a coiled spring, refusal to acknowledge contempt creates dangerous tensions that lead to the worst abuses and personal implosions
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- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
How Do You Memorialize the Dead?
His fear began to congeal, which, when mixed with the sweet smell of antifreeze and the acrid smell of hot plastic, assembled into a spectre
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- Jul 31, 2019
- 3 min
How are you (honestly)?
If anything is clear to me, it’s that medical training doesn’t need my help to dehumanize its participants.
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- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
How Do You Keep Your Glass From Breaking?
The glass isn’t half-full. It’s not half empty, either. Instead, I want to know why that glass is filled only halfway...
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