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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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