Op-Ed

Her mother’s silent tears streamed gently down her face as we carefully unwrapped the six-day-old’s soiled bandages. We assessed the infant’s raw and blistered…

  Eddie Case is a previously healthy COVID-19 survivor and one of the first 200-identified COVID patients in Arizona. He has graciously offered to…

Clinical rotations came to an abrupt halt around mid-March. My peer cohort and I had just completed 4 weeks of the rotation, with 4…

This Letter comes from a group of students who have placed social justice at the top of their priorities. Students who have joined their…

Throughout my first year of medical school, I have experienced many new things. There have been some glowing highs and some humbling lows.  One…

To the incoming second year medical students: This is unsolicited advice from a newly minted fourth year (wow…I can’t believe I’m officially an MS4!)…

“Kristina, where’s the blow dryer?” my father asked. “My friend told me on Facebook that if you blow dry your nose and mouth it…

Long hours, long days As a fly on the wall You may not have much say   Good days or bad You’re here to…

  Procrastination. Guilt. Internal unrest. Every medical student feels these emotions at some point in his or her journey—some more than others. Some proudly…

Next to me was an emaciated, homeless Vietnamese man in his late fifties. We were sitting in the Emergency Room together, his hand tightly…