Ideas, reflections and voices in health care

Feb 14 2024

Student Humanities Blog

Learning to listen at the bedside

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Every patient carries a story that no chart can fully hold.

Feb 02 2024

Student Humanities Blog

The quiet hours of a night shift

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In the stillness of the ward, I found a clarity that the daytime rush never allowed...

Jun 27 2023

Student Humanities Blog

Anatomy of a difficult conversation

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Some words carry more weight than others, and choosing them well is a skill we practice for a lifetime.

Oct 28 2022

Student Humanities Blog

Building a foundation for clinical practice

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It is the slow construction of a framework on which a lifetime of medicine is built.

Aug 22 2022

Student Humanities Blog

Beyond the checklist

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I decided to stop letting the rigid structure of an interview guide me.

Aug 17 2022

Student Humanities Blog

The space between doctor and patient

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Following a patient's recovery taught me two lessons I will carry for the rest of my career.

Jul 27 2022

Reflections

Contraction and release

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In medicine, as in the heart, there is a rhythm of effort and rest that we must learn to honour...

Jul 26 2022

Student Humanities Blog

What comfort care taught me about healing

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Sometimes the healing of the living is the work that matters most.

Jun 24 2022

Reflections

Turning principles into practice

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Equity in medicine means more than enrolling diverse students; it means helping them thrive once they arrive.

Jun 20 2022

Student Humanities Blog

Medicine off the clock: what the arts reveal

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I never expected to find myself reflecting on medical ethics during a night at the theatre.

May 04 2022

Reflections

Research with people, not on them

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The definition of patient partnership in research keeps evolving, and for good reason.

Apr 13 2022

Student Humanities Blog

The myth of the perfect physician

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Our imperfections are not secrets to hide — they are part of what makes us human.

Apr 12 2022

Medical Dispatches

Rethinking representation in the health sciences

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The causes of underrepresentation run deeper than any single admissions policy can address.

Mar 08 2022

Student Humanities Blog

Seeing the person before the diagnosis

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Through his quiet example, he taught me to look for the individual behind the patient...