Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
I was confident in my English skills, but when I moved from Mexico to the US four years ago to work in biomedical research, I… Read More »Translating the Untranslatable: What Working in a Second Language Taught Me About Science
From the outpatient clinic, an elderly female is directly admitted to the inpatient medicine service for chest pain and fatigue. By the next afternoon, the… Read More »Finding My Place at the Bedside
It seems like A Day in the Life has become a bit of a trend. Actually, not a bit. A huge one. A day in… Read More »A Day in the Life (Un día en la vida de…)
The kitchen at my parents’ house is never closed. My family is ten strong, and with that many stomachs to fill, it’s hardly a surprise. Paati, my grandmother, is the best cook.… Read More »The Vitality of the Hearth
Becoming a parent is one of the most wonderful and exhilarating experiences in the world, yet it is also filled with fear and uncertainty. If… Read More »Becoming First-Time Parents at Johns Hopkins
My patient held out their phone. “Do I need this?” they asked. On the screen was a conversation with an AI chatbot about a recent… Read More »Playing with Fire: Artificial Intelligence at the Bedside
A few weeks ago, I went to Target to buy back-to-school supplies. I stuffed a tote bag too full with notebooks, pens, folders and calendars.… Read More »A Medical Student in Bloomberg
It's nice to have a straightforward identity. I always thought of myself as a trainee physician; it's a role I've been working at for years.… Read More »A Case of Identity
This poem is based on a clinical encounter and has been de-identified to protect patient privacy. Certain identifying details have been omitted or modified. Ninety-two-year-old… Read More »Primary Survey
For many years, scholars from multiple disciplines have attempted to theorize how medical experiences are affected by sound. Composer Joel Beckerman describes hospital sounds as… Read More »Sounds of the Hospital