The Longview: A Healthcare Student Journal Bernice FonsekaUniversity of Calgary MD ProgramClass of 2018

The Medical School Experience “… Medicine is fundamentally a human endeavor; an art and science. Undergraduate medical education allows us to explore and immerse; in new knowledge, new exposure, and new experiences. Although junior in my journey, there have been several moments of triumph (i.e. where are the lungs on the chest x-ray?), struggle (i.e. where are the lungs on the chest x-ray?) and everything in between. It has been humanizing, … and dehumanizing, … and has routinely laid bare my vulnerabilities and weaknesses; but I wouldn’t change a thing.”

“What does a Trump Presidency Mean for My CaRMS Application?”

Zaheed Damani (Class of 2019) and Farheen Manji (R2 Internal Medicine)

Why encourage reflection among students?

• Confusion about the students’ role• Developing a professional identity• Medicine as a calling• Physician privilege and power• The limits of medicine• Death and dying• Identification with the patient

-Hatem & Ferrara, 2001

The components:

1. Personal reflection2. Sharing of the reflection 3. Listening to others’ experiences and developing shared

empathy

-Shapiro et al., 2006

Achieving this through the Longview Journal

•Short story•Essay•Poetry•Studio Art

•Photography•Video• (Music)

The website

http://wcm.ucalgary.ca/longview/www.facebook.com/longviewUofC

“I still remember the night before admission offers went out. Like many of my peers, my attempts to rest were thwarted by the prospect of being offered a seat. My quaint basement suite was quiet, with little more than the sound of an antique clock to cut through the seemingly endless stream of silence. I remember that night…”

“The Night”Dillan Radomske

University of Calgary MD ProgramClass of 2018

“Thrive”Gouache, 18 x 24”

Winnie NageshUniversity of Calgary MD Program

Class of 2018

“MNEMONICS!”

Danny AceytunoUniversity of Calgary MD ProgramClass of 2018

Recti-PET-alityGaya Narendran

University of Calgary MD ProgramClass of 2018

SourcesUniversity of Calgary (2016). The Longview Journal. Available at http://wcm.ucalgary.ca/longview/.

Hatem, D., and Ferrara, E. (2001). Becoming a doctor: Fostering humane caregivers through creative writing. Patient Education and Counseling, 45(2001):13-22.

Shapiro, J., Kasman, D., & Shafer, A. (2006). Words and wards: A model of reflective writing and its use in medical education. Journal of Medical Humanities, 27: 231-44.

Personal reflection• Consider a formative event

during your education (whether healthcare related or otherwise).• Has it influenced your career

in the present?• If so, how?