Opinion

The submissions below do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Latino Medical Student Association.

Please enjoy these pieces from our LMSA community!

The winners for this category are:
1st: "La Estudiante de Medicina" by Sophia Manduca
2nd: "Mi Papá: A Personal Story About an Unseen Journey with Dementia" by Magdalena Macias
3rd: "The Untold Story of Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder: A Doctor’s Despair Rings Out" by K. Jesse Lopez

Congratulations, everyone!

The Rise in Psychiatry Residency Applicants: A Positive or Negative?

About the Work: This anonymous submission is presented as a question-and-answer editorial wherein the author, a medical student...

The Untold Story of Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder: A Doctor’s Despair Rings Out

K. Jesse Lopez, MS4, George Washington University A 15-year-old girl, living in the nation’s capital and the home of freedom and...

The Power of Dreams

Rafael Cortorreal Javier, MS4, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) A dream is a sigh that makes us mentally fly towards a longed-for...

Dermatology in Puerto Rico: From My Point of View

Shakira Bou Rolón, MS3, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine It is not a secret that we are experiencing a shortage of physicians in...

Witnessing Health Inequalities and Burnout During Clerkship

Jorge Cervantes, MD, Cayetano Heredia University Burnout, defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion is highly...

Mi Papá: A Personal Story About an Unseen Journey with Dementia

Magdalena Macias, University of San Francisco What does it feel like to lose and grieve a person who is still alive? How do you show...

Readability Evaluation of Spanish Language Orthopaedic Surgery Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Jorge Garavito and Patricia Rodarte, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Ronald Navarro, MD Patient reported outcome...

La Estudiante de Medicina

Sophia Manduca, MS3, NYU Grossman School of Medicine “¡Hola, soy la estudiante de medicina!” (Hi, I’m the medical student!”) That was how...