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Chinnamasta’s Do-Not-Resuscitate Order: Using Classical Indian Dance to Improve Intensive Care Unit Non-Verbal Communication

by Shilpa Darivemula, MD, MS

Communication is often noted as the connecting thread between multiple factors in the intensive care unit (ICU) environment, especially when the patient is unable to voice decisions. High-quality communication about goals of care and implementation of interventions versus palliative options has been shown to decrease family depression, improve adherence to MOLST forms by patients who become nonverbal, and decrease clinician burnout. Several models of...

August 10, 2023
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Art & Poetry in Medicine, Clinical, Featured, Housestaff Wellness

The U.S. Medical System as an IMG: My Path

by Aline Gottlieb, MD, PhD

In my last installment, I mentioned I would like to write about my process of getting into a residency program in the United States. As soon as I promised this, I remembered the number of steps involved, so please forgive me if I forget to mention something! The path has substantially changed since COVID and differs greatly by individual circumstance. What made the whole...

August 7, 2023
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Clinical, Columns, Featured, Internal Medicine, Surviving IM/G

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Chinnamasta’s Do-Not-Resuscitate Order: Using Classical Indian Dance to Improve Intensive Care Unit Non-Verbal Communication

Communication is often noted as the connecting thread between multiple factors in the intensive care unit (ICU) environment, especially when the patient is unable to voice decisions. High-quality communication...

August 10, 2023
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Clinical, Columns, Featured, Internal Medicine, Surviving IM/G

The U.S. Medical System as an IMG: My Path

In my last installment, I mentioned I would like to write about my process of getting into a residency program in the United States. As soon as I promised...

August 7, 2023
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Art & Poetry in Medicine

Yearning for Better Opportunities at Home

Home became a dark / place, and I miss the feeling / of warmth on my face

June 7, 2023
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Art & Poetry in Medicine, Clinical, Featured, OB/GYN

The Hug

There was a dark, empty space. / Stillness, / Where there should have been movement.

May 24, 2023
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Featured, Health Policy

Work, Service and Health: Lessons from Veterans in the Environmental Contaminants Clinic

“A lot of the men in my unit started getting sick and never got better. And we just didn’t know. I mean, all I want is to help build...

May 10, 2023
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Art & Poetry in Medicine, Clinical, Featured, Pediatrics

Pediatric Vaccine Schedule

Your mom gets tetanus (Tdap) / before you're born, / Plus COVID and flu / are the norm.

March 4, 2023
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Editor-in-Chief, Featured

A Letter from the New Editors-in-Chief

Alina and I would like to take the opportunity to introduce ourselves as the new editors-in-chief of in-House, the online peer-reviewed publication for residents and fellows.

February 13, 2023
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Clinical, Featured, Housestaff Wellness, Intern Year, Ophthalmology

Punctuality Permits Presence

It’s only 7:15 a.m.? I can finish folding my clothes before I have to leave for clinic, I thought to myself. Though the day was young, I had already...

November 29, 2022
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Clinical, Columns, Featured, Intern Year, Internal Medicine, Surviving IM/G

Back to the Wards from Maternity Leave as an IMG

A few months have passed since I wrote my last column article, so now it’s time to get back into it. What has happened in the meantime? Well, I...

November 26, 2022
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Clinical, Featured, Housestaff Wellness, Pediatrics

The Casualties of Performative Allyship

When was it that the newest woke thing to do was to ask for pronouns? In the queer communities in which I have been a member, it has been...

October 12, 2022
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Clinical, Columns, Featured, Intern Year, Internal Medicine, Surviving IM/G

Surviving the First Month as an IMG Resident

Let’s start with a very brief introduction: Hello! My name is Aline, and I am an international medical graduate (IMG) from Germany. I used to work in Germany in...

September 27, 2022
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Art & Poetry in Medicine, Featured

The Life of a Medical Student: A Photo Essay

During my medical school journey at the University of Maryland, I created this photography series as an introspective representation of my experiences and to portray some of the unseen...

August 11, 2022
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in-House is the agora of the resident and fellow community, the intellectual center for news, commentary, and the free expression of the voices of housestaff in residency and fellowship. We publish articles about humanism in medicine, patient stories, graduate medical education, the resident and fellow experience, health policy, medical ethics, art and literature in medicine, and much more.

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