A Reflection on Rural Medicine
In the early morning of August 23, 2016, I eagerly packed my belongings in my car and headed 225 miles west: it was time…
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Substance-Induced Psychosis or Reality: The Perfect Addiction
Countertransference, in one word summarizes my last six weeks spent within the walls of various psychiatric units. Every petition, every police report, every psychiatric…
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Native American History: A Tale of Medicine
Last November came and went, and unbeknownst for many people, so did Native American Heritage Month. Although Native American Day had been unofficially celebrated…
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Didactic Blocks Expressed as Poetry: Neuroscience/Neurology
Insomnia ‘Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying…
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Bahá’í and Medicine
As medical students, we are taught during Doctoring to obtain a detailed history from a patient in an appropriate amount of time. Alongside the…
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Islam and Medicine
My first clinical experience was at the Cultural Cup Food Bank, located less than 10 minutes from campus. The Cultural Cup is a primarily…
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Black Lives and White Coats
I was once told by a classmate, “You know, if I said that white lives matter, I would get into trouble, don’t you think?”…
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A Symposium on the Art of Healing
How was your last experience at a conference? Did you attend a few presentations in which the language and material flew over your head?…
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Didactic Blocks Expressed as Poetry: Clinical Anatomy
For each issue of The Differential, our arts editor will write a piece in a specific poetic form that reflects the themes, material, pathologies,…
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Medicine in Art History
Likely, all of us in middle school or high school had to take an art class—a drama class, band, or art class maybe. Believe it…
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