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Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
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Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
What patients hear
Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
Harvard’s Match Day stats bear out national trends -- in a good way
Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
The results of Harvard Medical School’s Match Day, mirroring national trends, bode well for the future of American health care.
Matched!
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Better health care, from above and below
Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
Parting thoughts on Guatemala
Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
When I was filling out the final report for my rotation in rural Guatemala, the section on project category gave me pause. The “Service” box (which I ultimately checked) was the most fitting, but it was also presumptuous.
Health Lit 101, in Spanish
Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
I've taken the five-year-old's history, listened to her lungs, and pressed on her belly. I know what she has (a cold and diarrhea, both viral) and what she needs: handwashing, plenty of fluids. Half a teaspoon of syrup three times a day for seven days, plus half a pill once a day for 10 days, plus a packet of powder dissolved in a liter of water -- one cup after every bowel movement.
Now to explain that so it sticks.
Effective communication is, of late, a popular topic in medical school. Poor health literacy has been linked to decreased treatment success and more medical errors, and as doctors, we need to work to minimize these effects. Prior to my two-month rotation in rural Guatemala, this need had never felt so pressing.
Because Spanish is not my first language, nor that of my patients (around San Juan Sacatepequez, the native tongue is Kaqchikel), I'm acutely aware of the words I choose, the way I use them, and of how they're received.
FULL ENTRYA tale of two residency application systems
Short White Coat is a blog about learning to be a doctor. Posts appear here as part of White Coat Notes. Ishani Ganguli is a fifth-year Harvard medical student. E-mail her at shortwhitecoat@gmail.com.
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