Tag: medicine
Medicine
On Wearing a White Coat
The interns nowadays at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) wear short white coats with short sleeves. When we were interns, the only thing distinguishing us from the rest of the medical students was a red nameplate; the other students had white nameplates pinned to the all-white uniform that was common to first- to fifth-year medical […]
Moderating a Webinar, Fueled by Caffeine
Social media post for Thursday, September 14, 2023: I did this today. Fueled by caffeine. Not sure I want to do it ever again. So many things to pay attention to when moderating a webinar… but thankful to the UP Medicine Class of 1999 webinar tech team behind the scenes for all their help. Backstory: […]
Symphonic Rides by UPSO
Medical school memory (perhaps in internship year?): I remember walking along Pedro Gil St. towards the College of Medicine’s entrance gates, and talking to forever block mate Lyanna about my future practice in Performing Arts Medicine. In particular, how I would get an “ex-deal” with tickets… get to watch performances for free in exchange for […]
The “M Collaborations”: U.P. Music x Medicine
A mid-August visit to the University of the Philippines College of Music: it felt like coming home! Soon after we launched our series of health talks with the University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra, I attended a wonderful, productive, inspiring meeting with the College of Music dean, college secretary, faculty members and a music therapist […]
I’ve graduated… now what? Reflections on the two-year (expensive) sabbatical from clinical medicine.
I have been meaning to write this piece for a while but life got in the way. We’ll start with the celebration from December 20, 2021: Somehow the story of my life centers around studying things that are not easily explained, like physiatry and performing arts medicine (in contrast, everyone pretty much knows what a […]
Critique: Pandemic! A Winter Intensive.
Yesterday was the last day of our Winter Intensive (a whole semester’s worth of material crammed into two weeks) called Beyond Chaos – Critique: PANDEMIC! According to the course description from convenors Prof. Desmond Manderson and Dr. Nick Cheesman, it is “not about the Coronavirus pandemic itself. It is, rather, a response to it. The […]
INTARMED Program (Integrated Liberal Arts-Medicine)
I referred to the Integrated Liberal Arts-Medicine (INTARMED) program in a blog post about my burgeoning interest in the medical humanities, and I thought I’d write about it a bit more here. We’ll start with the basics first. Generally, Philippine medical schools require completion of a 4-year baccalaureate degree prior to entering medical school; the […]
