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Student Submission: Medical students, we need to decompress by Grace Zhao https://t.co/7BrR2foX5j

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"Three" by Calvin Santiago is a medical narrative about a goodbye between a third year student and an end-stage COPD patient finding peace.

Read the whole thing in the CMAJ, here: https://t.co/Lqlri7YEgs https://t.co/Lqlri7YEgs

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The Humans of 2T1 have another stellar interview for you!

Read the whole thing and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/1cgkSq59oV

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The University of Toronto's Department of Medicine invites you to the third annual Story Slam! This will be taking place on May 14, 2019
from 6:30pm–8:30pm in the Medical Sciences Building's MacLeod Auditorium (UofT).

Story Slams are... https://t.co/AM8LcM6BUw

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What is 'niceness' in the context of medicine? Is it the best that we can do?

Find out in this piece, "An insidious niceness", written by UofT's own Austin Lam.... https://t.co/6eFsp6ydqG

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The Humans of 2T1 have another interview for you, this one coming at you straight out of Winnipeg.

Check out the whole thing and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/OLbB9ZsmK7

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"I was mainlining pretzels in my office kitchen as I waited for Julie to arrive. Whenever she was late, I would think the worst. Should I... https://t.co/2drD6RYJGr

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The Humans of 2T1 are at it again!

Check out their latest interview and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/yQq3lkyDAc

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The Humans of 2T1 have another outstanding interview, straight from the Mississauga Academy of Medicine.

For the inside scoop and more, visit: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/EaUaSRZEiH

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"Our job—the job of the hospital and the clinicians who care for patients—is to improve quality of life by treating illness and promoting recovery. We do the first pretty well (albeit with multiple complications). We... https://t.co/OHLv5hv5Nl

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The Humans of 2T1 are back at it again (with the white vans). And this one will tickle your funny bone.

Check out their latest interview and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/H42JAqtE3y

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The Humans of 2T1 have another sweet, sweet interview for you.

Read the whole thing and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/Qj6VN2h9ze

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"As a doctor’s son, I was well aware that “success” was a particularly slippery word. It meant only that the great calamity had been deferred, at... https://t.co/Flj4IXSjA9

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The Humans of 2T1 have another great 2T1 interview for you!

Read the whole thing and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/RKf3Fv1U8Z

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"I could check for knee mottling and for loss of radial pulses, but she is not my patient. She is my grandmother."

We can so easily consider physicians and patients/patients' families as distinct, but what happens... https://t.co/dNMZBpPYac

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"And now when I look at that cajón that lives in my apartment,
I think of the beauty of simple human connection,
the beat that connects us all"

In his poem "Beat of the Same Drum", Dr. Arielle Elkrief... https://t.co/oX0SYsAcfm

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Ask, and the Humans of 2T1 shall provide.

Check out another amazing interview, and more, at https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/JdBbjg8cRj

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Don't miss Synesthesia 2019 on April 8th! https://t.co/0XZ0iZmB8q

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The Humans of 2T1 have another 🔥 interview for you.

Check out the whole thing and more at: https://t.co/zoYYfreJ47 https://t.co/9orDAuUHDG

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ArtBeat's Music and Health Sciences branch has a great opportunity for you!

Dr. Corene Thaut, a neurologic music therapist in Toronto, has invited students across the... https://t.co/wAbpSqf88D