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The Ghost of a Former Self
Revisiting Tanzania should have been like coming home. And indeed, in some ways it was. I’ve spent more years of my life in that beautiful country than anywhere else on earth. However, after sev… more →
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The Ghost of a Former Self
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Jason Booy wrote 4 months ago: Revisiting Tanzania should have been like coming home. And indeed, in some ways it was. I’ve s … more →
How Did I Get Here?
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Jason Booy wrote 4 months ago: When you are travelling (especially on a medical learning trip), it seems that you sometimes find yo … more →
Kilema Hospital
Jason Booy wrote 4 months ago: The next location, where we spent an additional two weeks, was Kilema District Hospital. Kilema is l … more →
Pamoja Tunaweza Women's Shelter
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Jason Booy wrote 4 months ago: Phew! Ah, the joys of being showered and in clean clothes once more! Having returned yesterday from … more →
Off We Go!
Jason Booy wrote 6 months ago: Hmm… so in about an hour my flight leaves for Tanzania, where I will be volunteering in a hosp … more →
Week in the Country
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Jason Booy wrote 6 months ago: “Welcome to Lanark – Population 800″; I spun my head around to read the sign as we … more →
Reflections on a Year
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Jason Booy wrote 6 months ago: With one last stroke of the pen, I close the exam booklet, and exit the classroom door into the bril … more →
Tragic Simplicity
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: Every year internationally, 1.5 million children die from diarrheal dehydration. That’s more c … more →
Swine Flu: Keep A Watchful Eye
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: Many of you will have heard on the news about the recent spread of a new Influenza outbreak from Mex … more →
An Intimate Privilege
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: After observing for a day with the General Surgery service, I’m struck by what a trusted privi … more →
Mathematics of STI Spread
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: (DISCLAIMER: This post is a little more technical, and hopefully will be enjoyed by my dear friends … more →
Surprise Visitors
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: This morning’s topic was clotting disorders, such as Hemophilia. Nearing the end of the lectur … more →
Who Ever Said Med. Students Can't Cook?
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: As is true for everything that I cook, all credit goes to the source of the recipes, the one who tau … more →
Hemolyze This!
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: We have an awesome faculty ! On Wednesday the topic of the morning was hemolytic anemias. Hemolysis … more →
Bloodletting
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: Bloodletting was a common medical procedure of antiquity that involved draining sometimes large quan … more →
A Day in the Life: Phase IIA
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Jason Booy wrote 7 months ago: 06:30 am – Alarm, Breakfast 07:00 am – Gym 07:30 am – Shower, pack for class 08:30 … more →
How to Date a Medical Student
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Jason Booy wrote 8 months ago: Shared by a classmate, this amusing (but SO accurate!!!!) article: How to Date a Medical Student … more →
Crazy Sexy Cancer
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Jason Booy wrote 8 months ago: Watched an insightful movie this morning (yes – a movie in class!) about a young woman living … more →
The Cancer Menu
Jason Booy wrote 8 months ago: As we storm through our whirlwind week on cancer, it’s interesting to consider which cancers y … more →
