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Jan 30, 20245 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...
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Jan 29, 20244 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...
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Jan 28, 20241 min read
El Cornejo
Matthew Rios, MS2 Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Dogwood / El Cornejo About the Author: Matthew (Mateo) Rios is a...
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
Calloused Hands
Iliana Sanchez-Oberkircher, MS3 Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston Froto mis manos afuera del...
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Jan 28, 20241 min read
Sangre Morena
Lorena Miss Ozuna, B.S University of Michigan Ann Arbor I stand coated and educated. But they don’t know; I come from healers. From...
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
Culture-Bound Syndromes of Latinx Culture
Megan Aguilera Link to the podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vdbIoRUcjWsZfWRVJE6tY?si=f9cb96a3bcf84cf7 About the Author:...
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
Spanish & Haitian Creole Medical Terminology: Medical Translation Pocket Booklet
Christelle Azolin, Stephanie Martinez, Veronica Alvarez, and Tristan Vulcain Link: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hwcom-studentpubs/1/...
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
HIV/AIDS & Stigma: An evaluation of HIV/AIDS stigma construction and prevalence in San Antonio, Texas and Azerbaijan
Jullian Valadez Please click here to find the piece: https://www.processjmus.org/hiv/aids-stigma Disclaimer: The Works published in this...
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Jan 27, 20243 min read
A Summer in Rio Negro: A Personal Narrative on Empathy
Bryan Munoz, MS2, Kansas City University I was born in Colombia but grew up in Miami, Florida. I have an uncle in Colombia who is a...
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Jan 27, 20244 min read
Your Community Needs You
Kennedy Campbell, Master’s Year, University of Chicago I vividly remember my neighbor recovering from a foot amputation as a result of...
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Jan 27, 20246 min read
Sé Guerrero: Reflections of an Immigrant on Exile, Survivor’s Guilt, and Resilience
Miguel Tusa Lavieri, MS4, Weill Cornell Medical College I gently shake Manuel from a deep slumber each morning, long before the first...
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Jan 25, 20247 min read
Silentium
Katherine Guzman, MS3, SUNY Upstate Medical School It's a regular Tuesday morning, I've dropped the kids off at school. My wife worked...
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Jan 24, 20247 min read
Roses for Christmas
Valentina Larrivey, MS3, Emory School of Medicine As a medical student arriving in Atlanta, Georgia, I was filled with the excitement of...
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Jan 24, 20244 min read
Fear and Loathing in OR 6
Alejandro Lopez, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine When I walked into the operating room on the first day of my surgery rotation, my hands...
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Jan 21, 20244 min read
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...
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