Annie Lamei, c2023 With the vaccines beginning to roll out, everyone has a lot of questions. As future health professionals, we often end up fielding questions from friends and family. This series aims to answer some of your questions and provides you with the resources to find the answers to the rest. If you have […]
Read More Your Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccine Answered: Part IRheanna Bulten, c2022 “We have your MRI scan results. I have some news for you, and I think it might be best if you sit down.” Growing up, I’d heard people say that the big moments in their lives – moments where everything changed – they remembered with crystal clarity. I remember every detail of […]
Read More The Big MomentsMichael Vu, c2022 I recently began actually enjoying movies again after a years-long hiatus. I feel like I’m going to risk exile for saying this, but the fact is that I have gotten into the unfortunate habit of paying for Netflix while not actually having time to use it. Lately, I’ve been “rescued” – you […]
Read More Mr. Nobody in CrisisInterviewed by Claire Lee, c2022 Describe yourself in one sentence: Someone who is always all in. If I commit to something, I make sure I am fully committed to it. And I try to apply this to everything in life– from hobbies, to fitness, my own health, and all the organizations I am a part […]
Read More Humans of Mac Med: Jhanahan SriranjanClaire Lee, c2022 Most of us have never experienced anything like the pandemic the world has been hit with. Scientists made it a habit to warn us that another pandemic was to inevitably occur in the next decade, but most took these warnings as prophecies of a distant future that we could not be bothered […]
Read More 3 Lessons Self-Isolation Has Taught MeJessica Chee, c2022 These are truly unprecedented and scary times, but there are many ways to maintain a regular schedule and keep moving onwards and upwards. Below I present to you seven ideas on how to occupy your time during this quarantine when you’re not on Zoom calls! 1. Learn new recipes I know quite […]
Read More Things to Do During Quarantine When You’re Not on ZoomMalavan Ragulojan, c2022 This article was written on March 15th, 2020 What a week for global markets. On March 14th, the longest bull market run in American history finally came to a dramatic close as the WHO declared COVID19 a pandemic on March 11th, and President Trump announced the virus to be a national emergency. […]
Read More COVID19 is a menacing matadorNoam Raiter, c2022 It was the first week of medical school. I was eager, bright-eyed, and incredibly grateful to be sitting in a lecture hall filled to the brim with other like-minded students. They tell you once you get into medical school, you’re set… They tell you It’s basically impossible to fail out and you […]
Read More How to Find a Hobby When You’ve Never Had OneJanna Malone, c2022 I don’t remember the first time I told someone they were going to die. To the outsider, this seems like something that would be impactful enough to leave an everlasting mark. But it was something I knew I would have to do every single day; maybe I’d made a subconscious decision early […]
Read More The Diagnosis of DeathBy: Kay Wu (c2022) Q: Who are you? A: I consider myself a citizen of the world. I don’t really consider myself Canadian, or Brazilian even though I was born in Brazil, or Peruvian even though I’m half Peruvian, or Scottish though my last name is Scottish. It’s weird—in Canada, people think I’m Brazilian; in […]
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