Didactic Blocks Expressed As Poetry: MBLD
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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For the Good of Health: The Importance of Art in Medicine
“The arts enrich our lives, feed our souls, and provide a refuge from the struggles of daily life – and learning.” – James Burns,…
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Writing Workshop II: How Resilience Found Beauty
As one of the students on the Global Health Certificate of Distinction track, I had the opportunity to go to the Dominican Republic for…
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Endurance
It’s 0300 and your AC/DC ‘Thunderstruck’ alarm sounds. Wide-eyed, you feel a shudder of panic as your adrenals dump everything they’ve got into your…
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Writing Workshop I: Scorched
This summer, four MS1s attended a two-day writing workshop with the esteemed author Mary Sojourner. In a refreshing change from the routine of medical…
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“Improving Health Outcomes Together”:
UA COM-PHOENIX AMA TEAMS UP WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUTREACH As part of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) 2014-2016 National Service Project “Improving…
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A Complicated Clinical Course
I remember the three months between finishing college and starting medical school, feeling the combination of nervousness and excitement as I tried to imagine…
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Dear Class of 2020
Dear class of 2020, We are all so excited to see you on campus, proudly donning your freshly minted white coats with radiating smiles….
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Yuma, Arizona: The Last Frontier
Before I began medical school, I always considered the city of Yuma, Arizona, as a mere pit stop on the drive to San Diego,…
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My Journey in Academic Medicine:
A DEAN’S PERSPECTIVE To say that my career in academic medicine has been non-traditional may be an understatement. By age 20, I had completed…
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