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Pulse stories, read by their authors, followed by a Q & A.
Season Two
Our Town (Chinese Spoken)
After ten years in the US, a Chinese immigrant finally finds a doctor who puts her at ease.
Season One
Chameleon
At age five, on her first day of kindergarden, the author was asked, “Are you Black or white?”
A Weird Fit for Medicine
Front-page headlines can leave a queer physician feeling alone…
A Real Family?
After many tries at a fertility clinic, a physician and her husband decide to change course.
Coming Clean
A physician keeps quiet about her past as her patient struggles with alcoholism. (Story: 1:38; Q&A: 10:12)
Soon
An emergency room nurse tries desperately to keep up. (Story at 1:54; Q&A at 9:53)
Two Timelines
An Air Force veteran develops bad neck pain and calls his doctor. His wife recounts what happens next. (Story: 1:57; Q&A: 14:15)
Black and White
Loud music interrupts a family in mourning and sparks a racially charged confrontation. (Story at 1:32; Q&A at 8:15)
Everyone Has a Story
A medical student shares a special bond with another person–not a classmate, but a patient. (Story at 1:35; Q&A at 11:00.)
A Day in the Life of a Psychiatrically Hospitalized Clinician
I am a licensed clinical social worker. And, occasionally, a mental patient. Today, in this inpatient psychiatric unit, I am more a patient than a social worker.
Borderlines — Joo-Inn Chew
A physician can relate to a self-harming teenager–and has the scars to prove it.
Too Everything to Fit In — Zainab Jimoh
A student’s hijab, skin color and gender have set her apart ever since a sixth-grade classmate asked, “Where were you on 9/11?”
Truth in Translation — N.Y. (Nora) Sun
An eight-year-old granddaughter helps her Chinese grandfather deflect a doctor’s nosy questions.
Stigmata — Kevin Koo
A medical student sees something in the OR–and wishes he could speak up.