OPINION & ARTS

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Clínica Martín-Baró during COVID-19: Student-Run Free Clinics Are Essential

Ivan Iniguez , B.S. (1), Maria G. Contreras B.S. (2), Edgar Castellanos B.S. (2), Manuel Tapia M.D. (1), Felix Kury, M.S. (2) 1- UCSF...

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Things I Have Thought in Medical School

Carly Guerra, MS2 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine I can’t do this. I can do this. Oh, I absolutely cannot...

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Repercussions: An Experience with Mental Illness

Cristina Valentín-Rivera, M.D. Some of us have to overcome more challenges than others in order to get where we need to be. I entered...

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How My Post-Baccalaureate Degree Helped Me Identify With a Specialty During Medical School

Urieliz M. Cintrón-Torres, CT (ASCP), MS2 American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine Every time I introduce myself to...

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An Oath to Serve: Reflections From a Second-Year Minority Medical Student

Jordan J. Juarez, MS2 Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University As I reflect on these past one and half years of medical school, I...

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Sí se puede

Jose Antonio Ibarra Rodriguez Incoming MS1 I remember applying for Medical School in 2017. I was hopeful and uncertain at the same time....

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Death Unveils Lessons

Mauricio Franco, MS4 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Before I was pulled from clerkships in the hospital, I was on a...

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Sembrando Plantitas

Mauricio Franco, MS4 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Our plantitas remind me of my mother. I grew up watching her...

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Flights, ICE, and the American dream

Jennifer Chinchilla Perez, MS3 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine On my flight back home from my first out-of-state...

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