Do Not Strike Out: A Patient’s Story About Accessing Mental Health Care
Third-year medical student Thomas Gagliardi reflects on the socioeconomic barriers to accessing health care, cultural competency and mental health.
When the Coat Comes Off
This category contains reflections on how students balance their role as health care students and other responsibilites.
Medical Student Contributing Writer
New York Medical College
Thomas is a third year medical student at New York Medical College. He was selected to the AOA academic honor society in his third year of medical school and elected by his classmates to the Gold Humanism Honor Society for his compassionate care to patients. He has research interests in musculoskeletal pathology, neurosurgical outcomes, and basic science parasitology. He enjoys volunteer firefighting, recreational softball, skiing, and spending time with family in his free time.
Fight for Freedom
Having been born and raised in Iran, Negin Khosravi has experienced horrors that are untold. As ongoing protests happen in Iran and as an aspiring physician leader, Negin hopes to shed some light on what is happening and advocate for people. It is time for racism, discrimination and lack of freedom to end.
Beyond the Clinic
Joseph Conti, a medical student, discusses understanding patients and their families and prioritizing what they value during care delivery.
When a Market Is More Than a Market
MD/MPH student Leonard Wang writes about how one farmers market is driving change in his local community.
The Blue Collar Underneath
Entering the field of medicine can be daunting, especially if you are the first physician in the family. Current intern Dr. Ervin Anies discusses the emotions associated with assimilating into the culture of medicine and how we as providers can use our diversity to foster better relationships between providers and our patients.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
This essay offers a personal reflection on hospice care and celebration of life from the perspective of a medical student addressing her late grandmother.
The Year of COVID-19 in a Body Bag
An ICU nurse turned medical student reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic’s severe and lasting impact on health care workers and the acute shift to the new normal of expectations in the inpatient setting.
From Provider to Patient: My Journey as a Medical Student with a Chronic Health Condition
Medical student Tom McNally reflects on the patient-provider relationship based on his experience managing his own chronic illness.
Ama
Medical student Atisa Paudel reflects on the impact of her immigrant background on her medical education.
Chief Complaint: 27-Year-Old Female MS-2 Reports Feeling “Hollow”
Medical student Olivia Dhaliwal reflects on the weight of medical school and her feelings of “hollow”
Yellow
Medical student Lindsey Nae Wright discusses the unique and life-altering experience of practicing the physical exam on her dying father. Her experience has turned the happy color yellow into something darker.
The Unusual Curse
Medical student Scott Jamieson dissects the delicate balance of wanting to carry the burden of all of society’s health problems with necessary personal down-time and how students often struggle with these aspects of their lives.
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Welcome to Mosaic in Medicine! I currently in the class of 2022 at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Medical humanities is one of my passions. I love how medicine has the potential to inspire some of the most profound art and reflection. In addition to editing Mosaic in Medicine submissions, I enjoy catching up on current events, exercising and anything on HBO.
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