Stanford Medicine magazine explores how digital technology is changing health care
The latest issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores the potential for digitally driven innovation to transform health education, diagnostics and care.
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In this Q&A, Suhani Jalota, a graduate student in health policy, discusses her work helping impoverished women in India.
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A letter of gratitude from a medical student-turned-patient
After a health scare, this medical student gives thanks to her support network and the many medical professionals who took care of her.
Medicine runs on stories
A medical student shares how both storytelling and story-listening can be beneficial for physicians (and their patients).
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Medical trainees, writes one student, are like glorified breathing-and-walking medical dictionaries. But, given their knowledge will ultimately help patients, that's okay.
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