Narratives from Medical Students

This section features top narratives about palliative care that were submitted to the CSPCP through the Undergraduate Narrative Award for Palliative Medicine.

2021-2022
“Sometimes, often” by Simran Sandhu, Queen’s University – Winner
CMAJ January 9, 2023 195 (1) E17-E18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.221421
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2020-2021
“Through My Eyes” by Kay Wu, McMaster University – Winner
CMAJ January 17, 2022 194 (2) E56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211724
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2019-2020
“Are we going to talk about it?” by Palika Kohli, Queen’s University – Winner
with poem “At home forever at home” by Cassia Tremblay, University of British Columbia – Honourable Mention
CMAJ December 14, 2020 192 (50) E1812-E1813; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.202273
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2018-2019
Narrative poem: “A life-saving change”, by Candace Nayman, University of Ottawa – Winner
with photograph “Connection – a medical learner perspective” by Hayeong Rho, University of Toronto – Honourable Mention
CMAJ 2020 February 10;192:E144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.191435
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2017-2018
“Dear Mrs. P”, by Zoe Lau, Queen’s University – Winner
CMAJ February 11, 2019 191 (6) E168-E169; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.181235
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2016-2017
“Three”, by Calvin Santiago, Queen’s University – Winner
CMAJ May 13, 2019 191 (19) E537-E538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190091
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2015-2016

Two of the top 3 narratives were submitted to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ. Thank you to the CMAJ for allowing us to share these.

Rendez-Vous, by Diana Kim, UBC – Honorable mention
CMAJ 2017 March 27;189:E470. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.161238
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Link to podcast: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/12/E470/suppl/DC1

The Expert, by Shannon Chun, Queen’s University – Honorable mention
Online August 8th. Print publication coming soon.
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Permission has not been obtained to publish or post the winning narrative from Jenny McCormack at UBC.