I bent down on my knees and waved a friendly “Hello!” to Bana, before she turned away and scurried to her mother. She was probably a little shy, so I entered the kitchen and introducedContinue reading
Anatomy of Being Human: Learning to Learn by Jeffrey Lam
How the first weeks of medical school are re-teaching me how to learn, fail, and stay human. Learning to Learn. Medical students learn approximately 13,000 words in the first year alone, according to theContinue reading
M1 Column: Caution: Doctor-In-Training by Jeffrey Lam
The first few days of school felt like any other orientation — making new friends, talking logistics, and “orienting” ourselves. Now, six weeks later, I am making bad puns about histology, flipping through “high-yield” pictures of deadContinue reading
M1 Column: Internalizing My White Coat by Amelia B. Warshaw
The following is the first post of our M1 Column, featuring the singular experiences of first-year medical students at Alpert Medical School. Stay tuned for more! One of the many reasons I have chosen toContinue reading
A Study of the Heart By Anna Delamerced
Last Friday, I ran my fingers against The rough walls of an artery A vessel ravaged by years of hardening And I thought of my own, The places where I’ve tried to suppress, TheContinue reading
Cadaver by John Sanderson
Here we were, five first-year students less than two weeks into medical school, about to go through an intimate rite of passage on our paths to becoming doctors. It was an exceptionally intimate one atContinue reading
Poe.S.A. by Jennifer O. Grimes
Rolling in with summer’s thunder, I had made a massive blunder: For I ran each day through forests, land of most infectious tick While I ran upon swift feet, yet thoroughly devoid of DEET, WithoutContinue reading
The Beautiful Game: On Soccer and Sociocultural Vaccines in Rio de Janeiro by Bryan Rego
I arrived in the Rio de Janeiro airport early one morning in June of 2016. I was greeted by the sound of angry police officers on strike, one of whom was holding a sign thatContinue reading
Providence Eats: Oberlin by Jordan Emont
Oberlin 186 Union St, Providence, RI 02903 http://oberlinrestaurant.com/ Food: 4/5 Drinks: 5/5 Ambiance: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Value: 4/5 Cost: $$$ No Reservations Allowed You would be forgiven for thinking that Oberlin is just anotherContinue reading
Murmur Info Session 8/14
Introducing MURMUR: Alpert Medical School’s Student Blog MURMUR is the student blog of the Warren Alpert Medical School intended to capture and showcase the creative output of students across all disciplines. We are run 100%Continue reading