Tag: mental health

Thomas Gagliardi (1 Posts)

Thomas is a third year medical student at New York Medical College who is applying to orthopaedic surgery residency positions in the coming application cycle. He was selected to the AOA academic honor society in his third year of medical school and believes humanism is the key to successful patient-physician interactions. 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.




The Ward as Medicine

The Ward as Medicine is about how one’s fellow patients on the psychiatry ward can act as mirrors, teachers and inspirations to a patient. Specifically, it is about a mom who, hospitalized for suicidality stemming from her guilt and anger over how she has mothered her children, gets reconnected with the identity of motherhood while interacting with others on the unit.

Changes

Medical student Saud Rehman has written a collection of poems focusing on the lockdown of March 2020 with artwork to give a visual representation of how he felt. Often times the manifestations of moods unrelated to coursework go overlooked, especially in medicine, and Saud hopes that these provide a representation of the humanity behind students going through difficult times.

The Blues of Code Blue

“Code blue!” They teach it as an algorithm and a protocol. But what you are not taught are the emotions attached to a code. I had just finished a cholecystectomy case on my surgery rotation and was walking by the medical intensive care unit when I heard “rapid response team, coronary care unit (CCU).” Since the CCU was not far and I am interested in emergency and critical care medicine, I decided to go to …

Lekha Reddy Lekha Reddy (1 Posts)

Medical Student Contributing Writer

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Lekha Reddy is a member of the Class of 2023 at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She is an aspiring emergency medicine physician and is drawn to the humanistic aspects of medicine. She aims to further understand the human condition, seek genuine connections with her patients, and practice mindfulness and constant self-reflection in her pursuit of medicine.