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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
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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 30, 20244 min read
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El Cornejo
Matthew Rios, MS2 Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Dogwood / El Cornejo About the Author: Matthew (Mateo) Rios is a...
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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Calloused Hands
Iliana Sanchez-Oberkircher, MS3 Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston Froto mis manos afuera del...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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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...
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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Culture-Bound Syndromes of Latinx Culture
Megan Aguilera Link to the podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vdbIoRUcjWsZfWRVJE6tY?si=f9cb96a3bcf84cf7 About the Author:...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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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/...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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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...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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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...
Jan 27, 20243 min read
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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...
Jan 27, 20244 min read
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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...
Jan 27, 20246 min read
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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...
Jan 25, 20247 min read
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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...
Jan 24, 20247 min read
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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...
Jan 24, 20244 min read
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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...
Jan 21, 20244 min read
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