OpinionMarch 9, 2021
All Medical Students Should Be Vaccinated
A patchwork of policies from state to state has led to confusion and sometimes resentment
Stories by Yoshiko Iwai
Yoshiko Iwai, M.S., M.F.A., is a graduate of Columbia University's programs in Narrative Medicine and Creative Nonfiction. She is a medical student at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C.
OpinionOctober 23, 2020
A Medical Student Contemplates Pandemic-Era Isolation—and Connection
An open letter
OpinionAugust 2, 2020
Medical Schools Need to Get Better at Addressing Structural Racism
An incoming medical student points out that the field has always been political, prioritizing some bodies over others
OpinionApril 7, 2020
Harnessing Social Media for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Campaigns such as #See10Do10 can make a sometimes frivolous way of communicating socially useful
OpinionMarch 13, 2020
Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
What do we gain and what do we lose when classrooms go virtual?
OpinionFebruary 27, 2020
The Farewell: On Cultural Differences in Death and Narrative Control
A poignant film asks viewers to consider challenging questions of medicine and morality