As I write this, I am moments away from entering a new day. It’s already mid-October of my second year…
Summer Research and Reflection
It has only been two weeks. Two days. Okay, more like two mornings. And yet, on a Friday night, I…
Addressing Health Disparities with Telemedicine
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1883011&utm_source=Silverchair%20Information%20Systems&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASTER%3AJAMALatestIssueTOCNotification06%2F24%2F2014 Telehealth initiatives have historical precedent with respect to extending health care services to patients living in rural areas. It…
Dearth of Socioeconomic Diversity in the Medical Profession
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/06/09/the-outrageous-cost-of-working-in-medicine/ “60 percent of medical students, for example, hail from families with incomes in the top 20 percent of the…
Bias in the Medical School Admissions Process
The long and cumbersome process of applying to medical schools has finally come to a close this month for applicants…
Why We Need More Health Disparities Training in Medical School
When I was growing up, my mother often recounted the story of a dermatologist who figured out that the fungal…
Health Disparities in Our Own Backyard
It has been quite some time since my last post. Qualifiers (the only thing close to finals at my school)…
Closing Time
Very recently, we had our last day of anatomy. Anatomy class quickly grew to become a defining milestone in our…
Reflection Outside of the Classroom
I spent Thanksgiving evening on the floor of my mother’s one bedroom apartment, carving out pieces of turkey seasoned like…
Mocking “Foreign Accents” and the Privilege of “Sounding White”
Originally posted on Muslim Reverie:
I’ve been giving this topic a lot of thought for a while, not only because of…
