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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Fatigue vs. Training

[Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 1989.] The eyes of medical professionals and legislators throughout the nation will be trained on New York this summer as unprecedented regulations limiting resident working hours begin to take effect.
May 26, 2026
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Life's No Less Than 32

January 9, 2024
Vishakha Malhotra
Lately I've been relating life to dentistry and I don't find much difference between the two.
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Model of a heart.

Anatomy Lab

December 12, 2023
Manami Diaz Tsuzuki
I got the call during anatomy lab, while holding your heart in my palms. Otosan has heart failure, said my...
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Golden Gate Bridge

Running to Fort Point

November 28, 2023
Jessica Crockett
I became a runner during my clinical rotations of medical school. When my days overflowed with meaning. So much to...
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San Quentin Prison.

This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin

November 28, 2023
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[Originally authored by medical student Eric Chow and published in Synapse on November 20, 1998.] After a five-minute walk, I...
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Friends sitting around a Thanksgiving spread.

This Date in UCSF History: November Traditions

November 14, 2023
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[Originally authored by medical student Ashkay Govinder and published on Nov. 15, 2012.] I love cooking a traditional Thanksgiving meal...
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Colleagues talking

How Are You?

November 7, 2023
Sophie Zhang
A question meant only as a greeting. A chance at connection diminished to a mere formality. In what public health...
Student Life
Child helping her mother in the kitchen

salt

November 7, 2023
Cassidy Pham
momma made the best baked fish in the world. dad fed us stories.
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Map of Mexico

This Date in UCSF History: Practicing Medicine Under Hardship

October 31, 2023
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[Originally written by medical student Amy Ewing and published in Synapse on Nov. 6, 1997.] Last year I arranged to...
Student Life
Under the Golden Gate Bridge.

My First Patient

October 24, 2023
Paul Brandfonbrener
[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category.] You told me you wanted to kill yourself, to drown...
Student Life
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