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Mosaic in Medicine@MosaicinMed
May 31
We are elated to announce the new editor-in-chief of @MosaicinMed, the online peer-reviewed publication for underrepresented voices. Dr. Sriya Donthi is an OB/GYN resident and an avid writer and publisher of poetry. Read and submit your work at mosaicinmedicine.org #medhum
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Christine Walker@cwalkersocal54
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Replying to @DoctorLemma
It is the Benrath Senior Center. I actually read about this years ago and I thought it was a brilliant idea. A Wait for the Bus: A Solution for Wandering in Dementia wp.me/s3euZ1-wait via @inTrainingDoc

A Wait for the Bus: A Solution for Wandering in Dementia

I’m sitting in a class on dementia. The doctor is lecturing about the condition's prevalence, prognosis, neuropathology, diagnostic criteria, risk factors, deterministic genes and pharmacologic...

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in-House@inHouseMag
Feb 24
Residency teaches resiliency, but sometimes from unexpected teachers. Now published @inHouseMag: A moving reflection on the abrupt companionship of a dog, by author Dr. Masamayor at Philippine General Hospital. #medtwitter #medhum in-housestaff.org/how-mother…

How Mother Dog Welcomed Me to Residency

I was up before dawn, dressed in the comfiest, most adult-looking outfit I owned: a blue-and-white floral blouse, flared maroon pants, and navy walking shoes. After enduring an intense 200-point...

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in-House@inHouseMag
Feb 24
We're elated to announce our new editors-in-chief of @inHouseMag, the online peer-reviewed publication for residents & fellows (in-housestaff.org). Dr. Guo has been a leader @MosaicinMed since 2020, and Dr. Bunn has contributed @InTrainingDoc since 2017. Congratulations!
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"You Must Hate Patients" wp.me/p3euZ1-7m4 via @inTrainingDoc "From premed onward, an interest in pathology is often met with a well-meaning but mildly disapproving joke. It comes from friends, family, mentors and internet forums..."
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samia@samiaabdirisaaq
Feb 6
Despite what the media has said about the Somali communities, I know that my identity is foundational to the physician I am becoming. It shapes how I understand dignity and care. Read my reflection on how Islamic burial has influenced my understanding of humanity and medicine.
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samia@samiaabdirisaaq
Feb 6
Check out what I wrote <3 wp.me/p3euZ1-7oU via @inTrainingDoc

Supply List: What Honoring Those Who Passed Taught Me About Respecting the Living

It began with a list. Not of medication or interventions, but of what we needed to prepare my grandmother for burial. In the seven-by-ten-foot room tucked behind the prayer hall, there were no...

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Surviving 3rd Year wp.me/p3euZ1-7pX via @inTrainingDoc

Surviving 3rd Year

I stepped foot on the island, unaware of what the next 39 days will hold. I recounted the advice I sought out prior to this adventure. “Remember to not step on anyone’s toes.” “Don’t be a

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Alax Legant@blueplanetHUMAN
Jan 19
Snakes and Symbols: How Medicine Misrepresents Itself < in-Training in-training.org/snakes-and-s… via @inTrainingDoc

Snakes and Symbols: How Medicine Misrepresents Itself

A picture is worth 1,000 words, and the world today is full of symbols. Emojis share paragraphs of information. Logos inform us about what a company represents or does. Shapes and colors share...

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The Sound of an Urban Cowboy wp.me/p3euZ1-7lK via @inTrainingDoc "Maybe he just wanted to wrap himself in one of our warm blankets, or it might be that he felt safe beneath the high-pitched hum of our fluorescent lights."
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Sasha Yakhkind@sashkind
12 Aug 2025
Join me at the Gold Humanism Summit for a workshop on addressing burnout through writing Sept 17-20 in Baltimore MD! web.cvent.com/.../cc32bf60-a… Excited to work with some amazing collaborators from the lovely @InTrainingDoc
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Kush Savsani@KushSavsani_
3 Apr 2025
The Physician CEO Advantage: Why Leadership Training Belongs in Medical Education wp.me/p3euZ1-7jC via @inTrainingDoc

The Physician CEO Advantage: Why Leadership Training Belongs in Medical Education

Healthcare is inherently a high-stress field, requiring constant adaptability, critical decision-making and steadfast resilience in the face of unpredictable challenges. Effective leadership in this...

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Ajay Major, MD, MBA
@majorajay
1 Apr 2025
Our latest print book "The Perfect Doctor" is on sale at a 20% discount until April 22! Learn more about the compilation at theperfectdoctor.org. All book proceeds go to support the website hosting costs of our publications at pagerpublications.org. lulu.com/shop/sasha-yakhkind…
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📢MED STUDENTS: Interested in medical humanities? We are looking to add to our editorial team! Our peer-review process is conducting entirely by volunteer medical students, who shape the voice of in-Training year after year. 🩺Apply here: forms.gle/ueY7qJQFvpf3Z7XC7
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Learning and Growing in Medicine wp.me/p3euZ1-7i9 via @inTrainingDoc

Learning and Growing in Medicine

For most of my life, I never truly understood what it meant to be a doctor. As the first in my family to pursue medicine, my understanding of healthcare was shaped by occasional doctor visits

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And So I Smile wp.me/p3euZ1-7ij via @inTrainingDoc by Christine Zickler at @FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

And So I Smile

“They should have a vaccine for cancer.” Tears were running down his face and onto his lap as I passed him another tissue. He couldn’t continue chemotherapy until the wound on his leg healed. It was

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Ajay Major, MD, MBA
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13 Jan 2025
Dr. @sashkind, editor of our latest print book “The Perfect Doctor: Forty Voices on the Imperfect Pursuit of an Ideal,” writes on how post-training burnout inspired this collection of essays. now.tufts.edu/2025/01/13/doc… #meded Purchase the book at theperfectdoctor.org/
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Reflections On My Journey To Becoming A Breast Surgeon wp.me/p3euZ1-7go via @inTrainingDoc
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Dead or Alive: A Student’s Experience wp.me/p3euZ1-7dW via @inTrainingDoc "The apnea test. The sound of rushing air escaped the endotracheal tube, similar to how a toddler haphazardly blows out a birthday candle. I realized this child never tasted cake."
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Day One of Clinicals: The Patient Teacher wp.me/p3euZ1-7gp via @inTrainingDoc by Martha-Grace Mclean of @TCUBurnettMed

Day One of Clinicals: The Patient Teacher

I walked up the stairs in my heels, white coat and stethoscope, which I had no idea how to use, on the first day of my first clinical day two weeks into medical school. The

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