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A Voice for the Unheard
Manuel Angel Cintron, Research Year To hear and not understand—to speak and go unheard. When most of us visit our healthcare provider,...
Jan 4, 20234 min read
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¡Necesitamos Más!
José A. Ibarra Rodriguez, MS2 Al cruzar a través un río cuando era Niño. Sobre piedras húmedas, desgastadas a razón de la corriente del...
Dec 28, 20222 min read
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A Socially Mobile Survivor’s Guilt
Patricio Ruano, MS2 Tears stream down my cheeks as I gaze out of my medical school’s building at the city below. As the sun rested on the...
Dec 28, 20226 min read
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A Minority within a Minority: My Path to Medical School as a DACA Recipient
García AJ Some of my earliest memories include dinnertime conversations with my family that emphasized the importance of not sharing our...
Dec 28, 20224 min read
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Grammar and vocabulary are not enough: a new perspective on how to teach Spanish to future doctors.
Jose Arriola Villafuerta and Dana Michlin “¿Sabes si hay una capilla en el hospital?” is one of the many phrases we have heard and...
Dec 28, 20223 min read
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The Inside World of an Outsider
Andrea V. Parra Jaimes, MS3 Have you ever felt like an outsider? At some point, people feel out of place, an isolating feeling. It has...
Dec 18, 20224 min read
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Don't Forget About Mom
Richard Suarez, MS3 Don’t forget about mom. Life is a fickle, fragile thing and I am no stranger to its finite nature. In every stage of...
Dec 18, 20225 min read
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Stumbling
Cassidy Meza, MS2 “I just… stumbled my way into medical school.” That was my feeling about attending medical school when I first began....
Dec 18, 20225 min read
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“Could you please see this patient? He speaks Spanish only.”
Xiomara Nieves-Alvarado, MD I was born on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. We speak Spanish, and we learn to speak English, but our...
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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Alba
Valeria Mendoza, MS3 I am in my last week of my OBGYN rotation and I can confidently say that this has been the most rewarding,...
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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Purpose Upon Opportunity
Pablo Barreras Galindo, MS2 It was a humid, foggy morning. You could hear the coquíes singing as the first rays of light entered the room...
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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Plasmodium vivax and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection in Venezuela
Sinibaldo R. Romero Arocha, MD/PhD Student Plasmodium vivax and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection in Venezuela: A case series from the malaria...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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The Harms of Racial Miscategorization
Khadija Shalbi, MS2 The Harms of Racial Miscategorization: Comparing Multiracial Individuals’ Well-Being in the Continental U.S. Versus...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Ethnic and Racial Diversity Among Surgeon and Non- Surgeon Deans of Allopathic Medical Schools
Alejandro Chiodo Ortiz, MS3 Ethnic and Racial Diversity Among Surgeon and Non- Surgeon Deans of Allopathic Medical Schools...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Effect of Immobilization Position on Outcomes Associated with Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
Jose Chacon, MS4 The Effect of Immobilization Position on Functional Outcomes and Complications Associated With the Conservative...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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The other side of conflict: examining the challenges of women orthopaedic surgeons in the workplace
Patricia Rodarte, Medical Student on Research Year The other side of conflict: examining the challenges of women orthopaedic surgeons in...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Perceptions of School Personnel on the Impact of Disordered Parental Substance Use Among Adolescents
Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, MS3 Perceptions from School Personnel on the Impact of Disordered Parental Substance Use Among Adolescents...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Poems from Patient Traces
Cassidy Meza, MS2 Disclaimer: Discussions of suicide Poems from Patient Traces https://scalar.usc.edu/works/eugenic-rubicon-/poems-from-p...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Sex differences in reward deficit and somatic signs associated with precipitated nicotine withdrawal
Stefany Panunzio, MS2 Sex differences in the reward deficit and somatic signs associated with precipitated nicotine withdrawal in rats...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Return to Madre Tierra
Fabio R. Garrote, MS3 Known by many as José Martí's closest friend, Fermín Valdés Domínguez was an extraordinary physician ahead of his...
Dec 18, 20224 min read
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