VCMS Florida State University College of Medicine Student Pathographies

Daniel Alban - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:28 pm by pj

J.P was a relatively healthy 68-year-old male that was being seen in the outpatient clinic to establish care. He said that he was new to the area after recently moving from Oh.... Read More

Jonathan Azar - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:27 pm by pj

Would you trust someone who you’ve only encountered twice to walk you through a zoo while you were blind folded with noise cancelling headphones on? Imagine saying yes t.... Read More

Joshua Boyd - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:25 pm by pj

Over the course of all my clerkships, I have observed countless interactions between my preceptors and their patients. Most of these encounters ranged from neutral to heartwar.... Read More

Priya Chattopadhyay - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:22 pm by pj

I was rushing into the next patient’s room when I first met Teresa Northrup. I quickly recited the routine monologue that we were trained to say at the beginning of a pa.... Read More

Natalia Correa - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:19 pm by pj

It is 6:30 in the morning when I arrived at the community hospital for rounds.  I was three weeks into my interventional cardiology flex rotation. The elevator took me t.... Read More

Jimmy Dang - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:17 pm by pj

“The last place I’d want to be is in the hospital.” My preceptor thought out loud during the daily coffee time banter in the doctor’s lounge. It&rsquo.... Read More

Jordin Giles - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:14 pm by pj

On my second day of inpatient internal medicine during my first rotation, I worry about forgetting my badge, getting lost, and upsetting my preceptor. I arrive early to review.... Read More

Kareem Goldson - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:10 pm by pj

I assisted my fourth delivery on the twenty-first day of the rotation, and it went better than I expected. Mom was a middle-aged, G2P1, recovering addict; her C-section was pl.... Read More

Michael Krusick - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:07 pm by pj

During my longitudinal clinic I had the privilege of meeting a soft-spoken, kind, elderly woman accompanied by her son. I was tasked with collecting her history and performing.... Read More

Robin Landy - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:04 pm by pj

During my internal medicine rotation this year, I was placed with a nephrologist as my preceptor. I knew internal medicine was going to be a challenging rotation, and nephrolo.... Read More

Robert Larsen - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 04:00 pm by pj

During my time on my internal medicine rotation, I spent a lot of time working with cancer patients. Some patients had cancers that were responding well to chemotherapy and ra.... Read More

Megan McCreery - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:54 pm by pj

I suppose after enough time we can all become jaded in our respective spaces. Monotony of dealing with certain circumstances, or types of patients, can change the way we perce.... Read More

Eric Minnix - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:51 pm by pj

I do not know what happened, but I will never be the same after meeting you. I was on the last week of my rotation when I initially heard you were coming in to see us. The ent.... Read More

Alexis Moffa - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:47 pm by pj

You never know a person’s story until you take the time to ask them. Take me, for example, I have what many would refer to as an invisible illness: the good ol’ an.... Read More

Roxana Preis - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:42 pm by pj

It was my second to last day in the Pediatric Behavioral Services unit. It never got easy to see how many pediatric patients were admitted to the unit due to their suicidal th.... Read More

Raafat Sadeq - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:38 pm by pj

Retrospectively, the day seemed like it was a typical Wednesday morning. Arriving at the clinic early, greeting the staff, conversing with the medical assistant about her week.... Read More

Gabriella Sehres - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:32 pm by pj

To become an exemplary physician is to master the ‘art of medicine.’ Far too often, the art of medicine gets lost in translation as once, overly eager medical stud.... Read More

Gabrielle Yap Sam - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:28 pm by pj

Immediately when you tell anyone you will be doing a rotation in Hematology and Oncology, there is almost always an immediate response along the lines of: “that will be.... Read More

Jenie Yeh - Patient-centered Ethics: Pathography

Jul 16, 2022 at 03:24 pm by pj

I have always looked up to physicians since I was a child, paralleling them to God. But to me, they seemed almost above God— because physicians are tangible. You can per.... Read More

Brian Thedy Patient Centered Ethics: Pathography

Jan 21, 2022 at 08:54 pm by pj

By BRIAN THEDY      Today should be relatively straightforward, just another typical day of rounding and seeing patients in the office, I thought to mysel.... Read More