Tag: patient-centered

Catherine Potin (1 Posts)

Medical Student Contributing Writer

Keck School of Medicine

Catherine Potin is a 4th Year Medical student at Keck School of Medicine in the MD-MPH program. She was originally from the Gambia West Africa, went to Mercer University in Georgia for undergrad Catherine Potin is a 4th Year Medical student at Keck School of Medicine in the MD-MPH program. She was originally from the Gambia West Africa, went to Mercer University in where she grew her love of writing and Narrative Medicine.

Mirrored Resilience: Reflection from a Hospital Bed

Published by Catherine Potin

The poem describes the profound impact of an encounter between Catherin Potin, the narrator, recovering from a motor vehicle accident, and a young patient with a similar experience. Throughout our interaction, the patient’s strength and resilience illuminate a path towards healing, showing the narrator the power of shared vulnerability in overcoming trauma. This encounter serves as a reminder of the reciprocal nature of healing in medicine and the personal growth that can arise from patient interactions.

Another Chronic Painer

Published by Ervin Anies, MD

Dr. Ervin Anies introduces a reverse poem to help delve into the multifactorial and complicated picture that is treating chronic pain. His poem reflects the struggles and triumphs a provider can encounter while dealing with chronic pain patients.

76-Year-Old with a Neck Mass

Published by Sriya Donthi

This piece is a reflection of the first few months of Sriya’s clinical years experience. There are a thousand different stories all happening at the same time in the same hospital, and each of them has plenty to learn from and cherish. This piece is a reflection on the privilege that we get as learners and future providers to learn about and from others’ stories.

Her Story Too

Published by Christopher Awad

Christopher Awad uses poetry to underline how a rare diagnosis inadvertently overshadowed his patient’s unique story on a neurology rotation.

Triple Crown

Published by Medha Palnati

Medha Palnati describes an encounter she had with a patient who she met at the Backstretch Clinic, a clinic that serves the undocumented workers that care for the horses at the racetrack, as he was having a myocardial infarction. This encounter highlights the conversation Medha had with this patient while waiting for the ambulance to transport him to the hospital, and the solace that they found in each other in that moment.

Medicine on Skids

Published by Talia Caridi

Rural Health is an important but often overlooked sub-specialty in medicine. This piece gives insight to the intricacies of patient care and transport, rural health policy, and the rich, long-term relationships developed in the lives of current practicing rural health physicians.

An Unanticipated Learning Issue

Published by Emma Stenz

Emma Stenz’s first time witnessing a patient’s death helped her realize the role of a physician in maintaining emotional composure and acting with nonmaleficence towards the patient, both in life and in death.

The Ward as Medicine

Published by Nicole Wong

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.

An Understanding

Published by MacKenzie Adams

Medical student MacKenzie Adams reflects on her experience with a patient who received news that he was dying via an interpreter. She addresses the importance of improving care for non-English speakers.

The Year of COVID-19 in a Body Bag

Published by Jane Onyemachi

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.

The Unwanted Visitor

Published by Kayla Schmittau

Medical student Kayla Schmittau reflects on her experience with a patient with substance use disorder and the importance of patient advocacy.

Volcanoes and Illegal Immigration: One Guatemalan’s Perilous Journey

Published by Leonard Wang

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.

Leonard Wang (2 Posts)

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.

Mosaic in Medicine

the online peer-reviewed publication for underrepresented voices in medicine