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Balance, Nafisa Choudhury
Balance, Nafisa Choudhury
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As the COVID-19 pandemic grew into a frightening monster to be reckoned with, medical professionals throughout the world had to address a question within themselves: where does the balance lie between our duty to heal and our personal obligations for our individual health and safety?
As personal protective equipment shortages, long work hours, and hospital overflow wreaked havoc on the medical systems nationwide, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel were plunged into uncertainty and were almost wholly unsupported in this ethical dilemma. Our duty to treat and our obligation to treat the community around us does not often directly conflict …
Rhythm, Divy Mehra
Rhythm, Divy Mehra
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While clinical medicine is an intellectual creative art form, surgery is a performance art form. The composure, precision, grace, focus, and command needed to execute a procedure to perfection is not so different from that which is needed to execute a musical performance. The parallels are magical.
Eustress, Becky Li
Eustress, Becky Li
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Medical school proved to be one of the most challenging times for me to find balance. This past year in clinical rotations is when I especially found myself teetering to an higher degree of stress as I found myself overthinking and questioning my competence. Now having overcome the peak of this challenge, this composition serves as a snapshot and reflection of one of the most challenging but rewarding times.
Balance And Baking, Idarabasi E. Akpan
Balance And Baking, Idarabasi E. Akpan
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The piece is a personal perspective of how engaging in hobbies can help one find balance and peace. It is about discovering my love for baking and how baking has shaped my life as a person and a medical student. Baking puts me in a somewhat meditative state that grounds me and makes me feel connected to the world at large and to my needs in particular.
The Path To Balance, Snigdha Ila, Pallavi Velagapudi, Vishal Ila
The Path To Balance, Snigdha Ila, Pallavi Velagapudi, Vishal Ila
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Balance, In All Things, Justin S. Straughan
Balance, In All Things, Justin S. Straughan
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This poem is a vent for the inherent frustration felt from trying to find a career in and bridge the transition between politics and medicine. It reflects a stubborn determination to not give in to critics' "never-enough-ism" while also trying to be open to improvement and not give in to pride nor cynicism.
A Balance Of Compassion: Fighting Inequality And Creating Access In Medicine, Ananna Kazi
A Balance Of Compassion: Fighting Inequality And Creating Access In Medicine, Ananna Kazi
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This article describes my passion for using compassion to fight inequality and creating access in medicine.