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.
Closing the Gap
In this column, Leonard uses narrative storytelling to recount the experiences of people — inside and outside of medicine — whom he has learned from during his medical education. When providing care, narrative medicine can be used to close the gap between physicians and patients. Without narratives to guide doctors, patients become problems to solve instead of complex humans that we help heal. For Leonard, stories are a powerful way to learn from strangers, empathize with patients and reflect on experiences. Closing the Gap is a compilation of unique stories from people that have offered valuable lessons to a medical student.
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University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Leonard is a fourth-year MD/MPH student at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. During medical school, he was awarded a US-UK Fulbright Scholarship to pursue an MSc in Health and Social Policy in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in honors biomedical sciences through a 7-year accelerated BS/MD program. He enjoys traveling, rock climbing, and exploring new restaurants and coffee shops in his free time. In the future, Leonard would like to pursue a career in internal medicine.
Volcanoes and Illegal Immigration: One Guatemalan’s Perilous Journey
Medical student Leonard Wang presents his views on patient advocacy by exploring the role of patient stories, in particular an anecdote from a recent trip to Guatemala during his winter break.
Editor-in-Chief
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Leonard is a fourth-year MD/MPH student at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. During medical school, he was awarded a US-UK Fulbright Scholarship to pursue an MSc in Health and Social Policy in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in honors biomedical sciences through a 7-year accelerated BS/MD program. He enjoys traveling, rock climbing, and exploring new restaurants and coffee shops in his free time. In the future, Leonard would like to pursue a career in internal medicine.