When There’s Nothing Left to Do, There’s Everything Left to Do
“Well that’s it for our patient in room 214B. He’s leaving AMA (Against Medical Advice).” “What?!” The resident’s words hit me like a ton…
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Wegovy: It’s all the Rage
Discussion over glucagon-like peptide analogs (GLPs) has become a medical hot-topic, extending beyond clinical discussion and becoming a cultural phenomenon. Marketed as a weight-loss…
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The Yips in Professional Baseball: Is it Task-Specific Dystonia or a Psychogenic Impairment in Coordination?
What is the most feared injury for a baseball player? Is it a torn ulnar collateral ligament, often requiring Tommy John surgery? Or perhaps…
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Reflections of a Night on Trauma Surgery
A beep and a clack, the double doors groan back Outwards they swing as the trauma rolls in to bay three Green-clad staff like…
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In Phoenix, the close of summer is normally a time to be celebrated. However, this year as temperatures begin to fall and the promise…
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“No, I’m Not in Medical School To Become a Nurse”…and More: The Experience of Female-Identifying Students in Medicine
Our daily innocent interactions with patients and their families can be harsh reminders of how we are perceived from outside the medical institution. At…
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Willy, Our PA
“Our own group has been a little off this morning; we’re missing Willy, our PA.” That was Dr. Crepeau’s response to my blubbering, slightly…
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For the Dogs: LOY-001 and the Potential Future of Anti-Aging Medicine
At its core, the purpose of medicine is to improve, and oftentimes extend, life through the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The logic to…
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“The Operating Table is Not Paired with da Vinci”
Leonardo da Vinci is renowned as an artist, scientist, and inventor–a true Renaissance man. Famously known for painting works such as The Mona Lisa…
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Fighting Weight Stigma Through Weight-Inclusive Medicine: A Conversation With Dr. Erica Wadas, UACOM-P Class of 2015
UACOM-P alum Dr. Erica Wadas is an Internal Medicine physician and private practice owner. In this interview, she reflects on practicing weight-inclusive medicine in…
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A Brief Look into the History of Medical Student Global Activism and Our Silence Today
“A man should share the action and passion of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes…
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Go Hide (In the Patient’s Room)
Even a whole month of transitions cannot prepare one for the onslaught of information and experience that is gained when the medical student finally…
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The Walking Dead
“Fairy tale“, Taras Shevchenko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “To tell you straight doc, I’ve come to accept that everyone dies. Everyone dies at…
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Supplements: Score or Scam?
I enjoy working out. And as many 20-something year old males who frequent the gym, I use creatine, a dietary supplement powder of a…
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The MS3 Experience and My Tips for Success
Quick disclaimer: This will be a lot more informal than my usual writing; it felt like the right way to tackle this. Enjoy the…
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5 A’s of an Appropriate Apology
There are three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and medical errors. Medical errors are ubiquitous and are estimated to lead to 98,000 patient deaths…
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Bedside Portable MRI: A New Frontier in the Assessment of Acute Brain Injury?
The first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam of a live patient was performed on July 3, 1977.1 Since then, the MRI has become an…
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The Art of Medicine: Humanities in Medical School Curriculum
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one” -Stella Adler The art of medicine is a concept…
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Music Tech in Medicine
February: the month when stores explode in various shades of reds and pinks, heart-shaped chocolate boxes and candy hearts litter the shelves, and just…
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More than Skin Deep
In the vital field of medical education, textbooks are more than mere academic resources. They are the bedrock upon which future healthcare providers build…
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities Among People Experiencing Homelessness
Week after week, my peers and I witness the countless inequities that people experiencing homelessness at each of our Street Medicine Phoenix service events…
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Health Equity, How Do We Achieve It?
As I joined the psychiatry team during morning rounds, it was my turn to present on a new admit: a patient with congenital deafness…
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Dimmed
If the uncanny valley describes the unsettling feeling of looking at something humanoid, then the same could be said about the way the world…
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Rites of Passage in Medical Education
As the seasons change and the colors of leaves with it – as much as seasons and leaves can change in Phoenix – the…
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Outpatient Clinic Cartels: The Transition from Doctor to “Health-Dealer”
One day, before going to my CCE, I called their office to ask if my preceptor was in. It took five minutes of explanation…
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