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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...
Jan 30, 20244 min read
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...
Jan 30, 20245 min read
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...
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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...
Jan 30, 20244 min read
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...
Jan 29, 20247 min read
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...
Jan 29, 20244 min read
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...
Jan 29, 20243 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20244 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20243 min read
Una vez
Genaro Herrera Cano, MS3 University of Connecticut's School of Medicine Una vez, Caras aparecieron, Aquellas de mi sangre, Poblando la...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20241 min read
apology
Sofia Krause Campos, MS University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson I wanted to leave you in the vast lands bordered by great...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20243 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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