The Rise in Psychiatry Residency Applicants: A Positive or Negative?
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About the Work: This anonymous submission is presented as a question-and-answer editorial wherein the author, a medical student...
- Jan 30
- 5 min
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...
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- Jan 30
- 2 min
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...
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- Jan 30
- 4 min
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...
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- Jan 30
- 7 min
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...
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- Jan 30
- 4 min
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...
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- Jan 29
- 3 min
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...
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- Jan 28
- 1 min
A Patient’s Puzzle: Navigating Through Specialists
Michelle Chan Sanchez Shirley Chan Sanchez Liliana Pellegrini Within the healthcare realm where specialists shine bright Is where medical...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
No Boxes
J Conrado, MS2 My existence is a resistance The size of my body offends you But I refuse to diminish My value is not linked to my...
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- Jan 28
- 4 min
Small Collection of Creative Writing Pieces
Andrea de Abre e Gouvea, MS2 University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health I. Yarn Tangled and knotted on...
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- Jan 28
- 3 min
I’m only 17
Valentina Larrivey, MS3 Emory University School of Medicine It’s 1968. I’m only 17. Two years in Mexicali, gathering paperwork, but I am...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
Una vez
Genaro Herrera Cano, MS3 University of Connecticut's School of Medicine Una vez, Caras aparecieron, Aquellas de mi sangre, Poblando la...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
Mi casa en pedazos
Camila Hernandez-Blanco, MS2 NYU Grossman School of Medicine entre las paredes escucho tu voz dulce como de leche llamándome, amándome...
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- Jan 28
- 1 min
When A Hero Falls
Eli Hernandez Quiroz, MS2 Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine About the Author: Eli Hernandez Quiroz is a second-year medical student at...
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- Jan 28
- 1 min
Flee from Me
Marcos Ortiz, MS2 Morehouse School Of Medicine I thought that if I raced it to the finish line and won, It would retreat, afraid to...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
apology
Sofia Krause Campos, MS University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson I wanted to leave you in the vast lands bordered by great...
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- Jan 28
- 3 min
Leap of Faith
Patricio Ruano, MS3 Michigan State University I’m a deer caught in the headlights of the future I’ve always worked for. I can’t stop its...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
La Clínica en Brasil
Kalina Machado, MS3 Otra vez I was en la estrada, This one the rain had undressed. Erased the paint from years ago, Scooped out some...
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- Jan 28
- 1 min
Beauty after an MVA
Ayse Guvenilir, MS1 i haven’t showered in a week and a half my hair is in disarray thousands of knots leaving it flattened and sealed and...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
Un Dialogo Con F.G. Lorca
Tristan Ibarra, University of Texas A&M A José Raúl Cárdenas y Kathryn Cole Busco, busco, busco Busco luces de la luna Arroyo de romances...
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