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Portrait of Smiling Senior Woman and Her Mixed Race Female Caregiver Together at Nursing Home. Caring Female Doctor Taking Care of a Happy, Elderly Woman

A Mile in Their Shoes

April 27, 2022

“Why won’t this cough go away?” “It’s probably nothing,” I thought to myself. “I haven’t had any fevers, night sweats, weight loss. Could it be TB? I am in Zambia after all. But I’m sure with a few more days of cough and cold medicine, this will improve. I really don’t need this right now. […]

Maria Dominique Mortel ⋅ A Day in the Life Global Health, Patient Care, Patients, physicians ⋅ No Comments

A confident senior woman smiles at a female healthcare professional during an annual physical exam.

Reflections on Aging and Geriatrics

February 8, 2022

As a third-year medical student in my mid-20s, there are many privileges associated with youth that I take for granted. In the winter of 2021, however, I elected to spend several weeks pursuing a rotation in geriatric psychiatry. I spent hours talking to older patients — in clinic, over the phone, in the inpatient unit […]

Isabella Pan ⋅ A Day in the Life aging, geriatrics, medical student, Patient Care ⋅

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One Down, Many to Go: Remembering My Mom One Stitch at a Time

December 8, 2021

Medical student Palak Patel remembers her mother’s mastectomy as she assists on an operation for a patient with breast cancer.

Palak Patel ⋅ A Day in the Life Breast Cancer, cancer treatment, Patient Care ⋅

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Healing Through Hearing

November 9, 2021

Neurology fellow Dominique Mortel discusses narrative medicine’s important role in her global health fellowship in Zambia.

Maria Dominique Mortel ⋅ A Day in the Life Global Health, neurology, Patient Care ⋅

A cute elementary age girl with cancer is wearing a pink scarf on her head. She is at a medical appointment. The female doctor of African descent is holding the child's hands, providing comfort and support. The child is smiling at the camera.

Oncology: Offering Hope to Patients in Need

December 4, 2020

Much of the general public believes oncology is a “sad” field. Amol Narang, and many other practicing oncologists, disagree. Learn about his inspiring profession and why he would choose to be an oncologist time and time again.

Palak Patel ⋅ Events and Happenings Cancer, interview, Oncology, Patient Care, radiation oncology ⋅

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‘I Think I can Trust You’: Unpacking a Patient’s Words

November 30, 2020

A medical student reflects on a recent encounter with a patient who shared painful details of his life for the first time.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life listening, medical student, Patient Care, Patients ⋅

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Reminders in Medicine: Patient Care Impacts Medical Training

October 11, 2016

Years of carrying a massive backpack full of books to make it here — to OR2 of the Weinberg Building at The Johns Hopkins Hospital — had given me terrible lower back pain at the ripe old age of 23. My goal was to focus on the procedure, but my back throbbed, and my sleep-deprived […]

Rabia Karani ⋅ A Day in the Life medical students, metastatic cancer, Patient Care ⋅

Reflections on Shared Decision-Making at Johns Hopkins

June 30, 2016

The atmosphere in the Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium in the David H. Koch Cancer Research Building was buzzing with conversation and an intellectual energy. More tha 100 people, ranging from nurses and physicians to administrators and patients who came as far as Brazil and as close as the hospital next door, were gathered for […]

Stephanie Zuo ⋅ Events and Happenings Patient Care, shared decision-making ⋅

Research Addresses Different Needs for Critically, Terminally Ill

July 6, 2015

Before I came to medical school, I had a very simple understanding of the components of patient care. In my mind, all patients had the same basic needs, which physicians provided along the road to cure. After four years, I now realize patient populations are incredibly diverse and far more complex than I could have […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research Critically Ill, Diagnoses, Palliative Care, Patient Care, Patients, Research, Research Trial, Terminally Ill, Underfeeding ⋅

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