Karan Patel
Karan Patel is a medical student.
Conditions
September was National Suicide Prevention Month. In a short while, we also approach the 41st birthday of the late Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a widely beloved dancer and executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show whose death by suicide is still…
September was National Suicide Prevention Month. In a short while, we also approach the 41st birthday of the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss, a widely beloved dancer and executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show whose death by suicide is still hard to grapple with
tWitch, who initially rose to prominence from the dance competition So You Think You Can Dance, captured the hearts of millions by running social media …
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America’s young men are facing a mental health crisis. Can we help them before it’s too late?
Conditions
The foundation of modern medicine has been built on a well-established, iterative process of empirical research and the pragmatic implementation of new discoveries. A relevant example of this paradigm can be seen in the development of Pfizer's and Moderna's COVID-19…
The foundation of modern medicine has been built on a well-established, iterative process of empirical research and the pragmatic implementation of new discoveries. A relevant example of this paradigm can be seen in the development of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines.
Researchers developed a hypothesis to use an mRNA vaccine, demonstrated its promise in animal research and substantiated its safety and effectiveness in human subjects through clinical trials, leading to the …
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We already know how to save physicians from burnout
Education
Medical schools are increasingly emphasizing early clinical exposure for their medical students. While the traditional medical education format -- in which the basic sciences are taught during the first two years, and clinical rotations are stressed during the latter two…
Medical schools are increasingly emphasizing early clinical exposure for their medical students. While the traditional medical education format — in which the basic sciences are taught during the first two years, and clinical rotations are stressed during the latter two — are still generally followed, many schools provide their students with exposures to the hospital or clinical settings much earlier in their medical education. For example, just two months into …
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The benefits of early clinical exposure in medical education
Education
As a first-year medical student, the transition to an online curriculum has posed a unique set of challenges. I am often asked, “How exactly can you become a doctor without having seen a patient, without having put a stethoscope on…
As a first-year medical student, the transition to an online curriculum has posed a unique set of challenges. I am often asked, “How exactly can you become a doctor without having seen a patient, without having put a stethoscope on another human being?” I’ve been told many times already by my professors that to listen to one of the four heart sounds, I should place the diaphragm of my stethoscope …
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The pandemic has only further strengthened my passion to become a physician
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