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• Beyond Mentoring: What Medical Students Learned from an Intervention Program with Teen Mothers Experiencing Homelessness

  Emily Adler, Victoria Powell, Zilin Cui, Mary Marchese, Morgan Groover, Eileen Condon, Jodi Ford, Judith Savageau
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  Integrating Health and Education: A Medical Student’s Teaching Experience in a Government School

  Annem Haritha

  217-219
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  Challenges and Gender Disparities Faced by Women in Surgery in Pakistan

  Ahmad Akhtar, Mushaim Gillani, Yumna Shariff , Amna Inayat, Manahil Bahrawar

  214-216
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  Combating Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pakistan: An Experience of Training, Screening and Community Outreach

  Amna Zaheer

  100-102
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  The Measure of Success – A Day in the Life of a Pediatric Surgeon

  Shalini G. Hegde, Chetan Padashetty

  103-104
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  From Hope to Hardship: Understanding the Impact of Hierarchies and Violence in Medicine

  Ximena Cors Cepeda

  485-488
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  Lessons Learned from Being Involved with Organized Medicine as a First-year Medical Student

  Tai Metzger

  479-481
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  Moersch-Woltman Syndrome - An Uncommon Conundrum

  Vitorino M. Dos Santos, Laura C. Modesto, Julia C. Modesto

  489-490
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  Predatory Publishing: A Medical Student Author’s Perspective

  Diego Arriaga Izabal

  482-484
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  Intricacies of Using Spaced Repetition Tools

  Ahmed Ghani

  366
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  Summer Surgical Elective in Hong Kong

  Martin Ho, Velda Chow

  345-346
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  The Shame Is Not Mine: Addressing Abuse of Power Dynamics in Medical Training

  Sierra Norman

  354-365
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  Innovating Against Odds: A Medical Student's Research Journey in a Resource-Constrained Environment

  Hamrish Kumar Rajakumar

  347-349
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  Conducting Research as a Medical Student: A Need for Change

  José Rodrigues Gomes

  222-225
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  Silent Suffering: Recognizing and Addressing the Emotional Impact of Patient Loss on Medical Students

  Grace Kim

  226-227
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  A Medical Student Experience as an Acting Intern in Colorectal Surgery

  Sidharth Misra

  219-221
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  Public Health Outreach in Impoverished Areas of Cambodia: Addressing the Issues Related to Prescription Practices

  Chisato Iba, Mira Namba, Yudai Kaneda, Takayuki Ando

  100-102
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  From Theory to Practice: Reflections of a Medical Student's Rural Posting in a Leprosy Hospital

  Glorious Kate Akpegah

  106-108
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  Grassroots HPV Vaccine Education in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Personal Reflection

  Mira Namba, Miyu Shinohara, Samrith Sela, Ken Khouch, Yudai Kaneda, Rei Haruyama

  103-105
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  Becoming a Physician: A 40-year Retrospective on Medical Socialization

  Michael McGee

  112-119
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  Mitigating Physician Emigration in Nigeria by Improving the Internship Experience

  Faithful Miebaka Daniel, Emmanuel Aniekan Essien, Monica Anurika Gbuchie, Bonaventure Micheal Ukoaka, Victoria Ezinne Emeruwa

  343-346
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  Decreasing Medication Delays: Maximizing the Efficiency of Patient Assistance Program Applications Through an Electronic System at a Student-Run Free Clinic

  Jasmine A. Liu-Zarzuela; Chelsea T. Nguyen, Dominique B. Johnson

  240-242
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  From Symptoms to Diagnosis: A Medical Student’s Experience in Solving Her Own Mystery

  Madeline Franke

  337-339
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  Addressing Bias among Medical Care Teams on the Wards: A Perspective from Asian Medical Students in the United States

  Jesper Ke, Ellen Zhang, Kate Lee, Hueyjong Shih, Chin Hur

  237-239

• Tackling the Learning Curve of Medical Terminology: Experience of a Medical Student with a Background in Classical Languages

  Jigish Khamar

  147-149

• IFMSA Research Exchange: A Life-Changing Experience

  Maria Konstantina Tzioti

  144-146

• Navigating Research Enthusiasm in Medical Students Towards Clinically Impactful Articles

  Muhammad Abdul-Qadeer, Danish Ramesh, Samar Mahmood

  91-92

• Women in Science: A Student Workshop at a University in Mexico

  Daniela C. González-Cruz, Sofía Jezzini-Martínez, Paloma C. Leyva-Camacho, Ilse Janeth De la Rosa-Rodríguez, Andrea Flores-Rodríguez, Karina Raygoza-Cortez, Mariana García-Leal

  80-84

• Acquiring Medical Statistical Competencies in a Demanding Evidence-Based World: Thoughts and Experience from a Student Statistical Team in a Mexican Academic Center

  Carlos de la Cruz-de la Cruz, Humberto de León-Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel Millán-Alanís, Andrea Judith Bautista-Gómez, Braulio Hernán Velasco-Sepúlveda, Adrián González-Martínez, Neri Alejandro Álvarez-Villalobos

  85-87

• Research Experience of Medical Students Collaborating in an International Peer Research Mentorship Program

  Purva C. Shah, Kajal Patel, Akshata K. Suvarna, Aysha Zulfiqar, Tejaswini Ashok, Amna Siddiqui

  432-435

• ‘First, Do No Harm'… A Call to Re-evaluate the Wellbeing of Healthcare Staff

  Kyriaki-Barbara Papalois

  439-441

• The Importance of Incorporating Service-Learning Projects into the Medical School Curriculum

  Sohini Lahiri, Rama Abdin, Aviv Elimelech, Stephanie S. Massimilian, Peter Averkiou

  425-428

• Addressing Adversities in Caring for Mental Health in Rural Settings: A Conversation with Rural Mental Healthcare Practice Co-founder Dr. Taryn S. Van Gilder-Pierce

  Ahmed Nahian, Jewel Shepherd, Taryn S. Van Gilder-Pierce

  421-424

• Barriers for Junior Doctors to Specialize in Rural Generalism – A Medical Student Experience

  Madeleine J. Cox

  436-438

• Assess, Adapt, & Innovate: An Effort to Ensure Sustainability of Medical Student-led Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Situation in Indonesia

  Angelina Patricia Chandra; Stella Kristi Triastari, Shafira Aurelia, Muhammad Mikhail Athif Zhafir Asyura

  328-332

• Working at a Cancer Research Laboratory as a Medical Student: Experience of an Indian Student Studying Medicine in Russia

  Shinjit Mani

  321-323

• Medical Students’ Engagement in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Remote Monitoring of Home-Quarantined Patients and Vaccination Teams. Reflections on the Experience and the Learning Outcomes

  Angeliki Gardikioti, Aikaterini Vasiliki Touriki, Spyridon Graidis, Aikaterini Antonia Mpourtzinakou, Evangelia Savvidou, Odysseas Lomvardeas, Dimitra Foteini Pourtoulidou, Magda Gavana, Emmanouil Smyrnakis

  324-327

• Mental Illness and Addiction: Lessons from the County Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Ward

  Thomas F. Fusillo

  210-211

• A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences

  Jack B. Ding, Xin L. Xiao, Zachary I. Merhavy, David Fahim, Cheney E. Merhavy, Thomas C. Varkey

  212-214

• A Medical Student’s Perspective on the Growing Importance of Telemedicine/Telerehabilitation

  Sung-Hoon Park, Nuray Yozbatiran

  95-97

• The Student Dermatology Clinic for the Underserved: A Service-Learning Model to Promote Skin Health Equity

  Bansri M. Patel, Victoria Humphrey, Alaina J. James

  98-100

• Eye-Opening Medical Missions

  Ethan Waisberg

  86-88

• A Medical Student’s Volunteering Experience During the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

  Arturan Ibrahimli

  312-313

• Health Education among Medical Students: A Challenge Worth Accepting

  Nikolaos Plastaras, Angeliki Baimaki, Sotirios Karagiannidis, Aikaterini Giannaki, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Emmanouil Smyrnakis

  314-316

• Raising Gender Equity Voices: Reflections from an International Virtual Assembly in Global Surgery

  Leticia Nunes Campos, Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz, Heaven Yeshaneh Tatere, Nour Nassour, Dhrumil Patil, Michalina Drejza, Zineb Bentounsi, Habab Ali Iraqi, Kevouy Reid, Ayla Gerk, Nensi Melissa Ruzgar, Lotta Velin, Natalie Pawlak, Tanya L Zakrison

  307-309

• Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Medicine: A Medical Student Experience

  Sofia Jezzini-Martinez, Daniela C. Gonzalez-Cruz

  310-311

• Lessons Learnt from Operationalising an International Collaborative Multi-Centre Study

  Rhea Raj, Catherine Dominic, Suraj Gandhi, Elliott H. Taylor, Marina Politis, Syeda Namayah Fatima Hussain, Divya Parwani, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Noel Peter, Kokila Lakhoo

  242-244

• Opportunistic Conversations about Eating Disorders: An Encounter from my Pediatrics Elective

  Brishti Debnath

  240-241

• Student Mobility and Research Capacity: A Global Health Experience

  Letícia Nunes Campos, Sura Wanessa Santos Rocha

  237-239

• Is There A Doctor Onboard?

  Holly Cathryne Brownlee

  174-175

• Letter to the Editor Regarding “The Vigil of Medicine”

  Casey P. Schukow

  178-179

• Medical Electronic Devolution

  Michael J. Olek, Linsey Bui

  92-93

• Letter to the Editor Regarding “Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Mexico: An Opportunistic Medical Student-led Blood Pressure Screening Campaign – A Cross-Sectional Study” Letter to the Editor

  Patricio Garcia-Espinosa

  96-97

• Hurricane Kids: Impact of Socioeconomic, Public Health, Medical Education, and Natural Disasters on a Doctor in Training

  Kate Young

  84-85

• Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding “Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Mexico: An Opportunistic Medical Student-led Blood Pressure Screening Campaign – A Cross-Sectional Study”

  José Adrián Yamamoto-Moreno

  98-99

• Cultural Placement: My Experience In A Remote Fly-in Indigenous Community In Northern Ontario, Canada

  Sebastian R. Diebel

  86-87

• Combatting Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Via Social Media

  Shehrbano Ali, Muhammad Murad Murtaza

  56-58

• Learning from Hispanic Mentees: A Reflection on Cultural and Socioeconomic Differences

  Dana Rector, Mary A. Nowlen

  73-74

• Mexican Medical Students Protest During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Gabriela Torres-Hernández, Patricio García-Espinosa, Edgar Botello-Hernández, Diego Ortega-Moreno

  63-65

• Service Learning Goes Virtual in the Viral World

  Joel Grunhut, Shimron Brown, Peter Averkiou

  75-76

• Coping Strategies for Medical Students During the Pandemic: A Nigerian Perspective

  Toluwalashe Soyemi

  90-91

• Two Student Perspectives on Clinical Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Anne P. George, Elise E. Ewens

  61-62

• Providing Health Information on Social Media: What is the Limit for Medical Students?

  Enrico Manfredini

  94-95

• Deprived of the Sea: Being a Kenyan Final-year Medical Student During the COVID-19 Outbreak

  Innocent Wafula, Eunice M. Ong’era

  80-81

• Learning Strategies and Innovations among Medical Students in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Trisha Denise D. Cedeño, Ian Christopher N. Rocha, Kimberly G. Ramos, Noreen Marielle C. Uy

  77-79

• COVID-19: Not a Positive Test Result, but a Positive Outlook

  Jae H. Yoo, Nathaniel P. Mercer

  88-89

• Telemedicine Volunteering Experience as a Medical Student During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

  Tulio L. Correa, Mariana S. T. C. Guelli

  71-72

• My Experience with Orbis International and the Flying Eye Hospital in Ethiopia

  Jibat G. Soboka, Omar Salamanca, Alana Calise

  68-70

• The Vigil of Medicine

  Kiersten Kelly

  82-83

• The Experience and Perplexities of the COVID-19 Situation in Pakistan

  Amna Kaneez Fatima Raja, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Maryam Ashfaq

  171-173

• Clinical Volunteering through the Pandemic: An Experience from Final Year Medical Students in Nigeria

  Boluwatife Aderounmu, Ayodele Odedara

  66-67

• Speaking Medicine in the Silent Language: Experience with a Deaf Patient in Sri Lanka

  Hettiarachchige D. P. Jayawardana

  59-60

• A Grain of Sand in the Ocean: Training New Generations of Editors, Reviewers, and Medical Scientists

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Annora A. Kumar, Georgiana Farrugia-Bonnici, Paul MacDaragh Ryan, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman

  213-216

• Benefits and Drawbacks of Online Open-Book Examinations for Medical Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Shuja Yaqub, Hannah Suh, Hozafa Ali

  318-319

• Students Leading a Free Clinic: Lessons Learned About Digital Health in the Age of COVID-19

  Marina E. Shatskikh, Anna Kirillova, Lucy Z. Shi

  303-304

• Letter to the Editor Regarding "Survey among Medical Students during COVID-19 Lockdown: The Online Class Dilemma"

  Akshara Mavunkal Thampan, Davis Thomas Pulimoottil, Angel Cham Philip

  314-315

• COVID-19: Turning a Pandemic into a Learning Opportunity for Senior Medical Students

  John C. Garman

  307-308

• National Health Service Bury and Rochdale Doctors on Call (NHS BARDOC): Medical Students Working on the Frontline at the Greater Manchester COVID-19 Death Service

  Imania Yaqub, Bilaal Ghafoor

  301-302

• From Student to Teacher: Medical Student Perceptions of Teaching Children and a Novel Application of the One Minute Preceptor

  Laura Cline, Muna Canales

  245-250

• A First Year Medical Student’s Perspective on Working in ICU during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Erin McCabe

  299-300

• Putting Our First Responders First: A Call for Health Insurance in Retirement for Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue

  Joseph Varney, Kimberly Murry, Natalie Humphrey

  320-321

• Eyes Wide Open - To Cornea, to Medical School, to Life

  Aviad Sapir

  309-310

• Adapting to COVID-19: New Orleans Medical Students Respond

  Jacob F. Boudreaux

  197-199

• The Outbreak of the Century: A Chronicle Experience by a Medical Intern

  Chinmay Divyadarshi Kar, Dipti Mohapatra

  194-196

• Medical Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Response Teams in Greece

  Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Panagiotis Stachteas, Maria Exindari, Georgia Gioula, Anna Papa

  191-193

• South Africa and COVID-19: A Medical Student Perspective

  Sahil Maharaj

  186-187

• Experiences of a London Medical Student in the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Alin-Ioan Suseanu

  183-185

• NHS Nightingale North West: A Medical Student on the Front Lines

  Lewis Holt

  180-182

• COVID-19 and Clinical Rotations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Olga Djoutsop Mbougo, Vanessa Youmbi Nono, Ulrick S. Kanmounye

  177-179

• Clinical Skills Abilities Development During COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico City

  Lourdes Adriana Medina-Gaona

  175-176

• The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on US Medical Students in their Clinical Years

  Raed Qarajeh, Farah Tahboub, Nikita Rafie, Nurry Pirani, Mary Anne Jackson, C. Douglas Cochran

  172-174

• To Help or Not to Help: A First Year Canadian Medical Student’s Dilemma During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Janhavi Patel

  169-171

• Balancing Our Identities as Medical Students and Global Citizens in the Wake of COVID-19

  Ramesha Ali

  167-168

• A Positive Attitude to Negate a False Positive Test Result: An Intern’s Experience with COVID-19

  Vanessa N. Youmbi

  165-166

• COVID-19 Pandemic: Medical and Pharmacy Education in Nigeria

  Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Progress Agboola, Melody Okereke

  162-164

• Stuck in Limbo: Coping with an Unusual Circumstance as an International Medical Graduate from India

  Sanjana Chetana Shanmukhappa

  159-161

• A Surgical Resident’s Perspective about COVID-19 Pandemic: Unique Experience and Lessons Learnt

  Madhuri Chaudary, Prakash Kumar Sasmal

  156-158

• Medical Volunteerism in Times of COVID-19: Burden or Relief?

  Dimitris Potolidis

  152-153

• The Role of Telemedicine on Ecuador During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Perspective from a Volunteer Physician

  Bryan Nicolalde

  154-155

• A New Reality: Experiences from Canadian Clerkship Medical Students during COVID-19

  Jeffrey Leong, Gurkaran S. Sarohia

  68-69