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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Writing Workshop III: The End of the World
For the third installment of the Writing Workshop series, I am using the same prompt that was featured previously in Sara Pousti’s piece, “How…
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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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