Kiva Stevens, PA-S1
Name Kiva Stevens Hometown I moved many times growing up around Western Washington, but Bellingham feels like my hometown. Undergraduate School and Degree Western Washington University in...
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The times, they are a-changin’: When scientific research isn’t enough
I recently marked my four-year anniversary of starting graduate school. When I reflect on the years that I’ve spent here, embedded in the practice of science like a mosquito in amber, I’m...
The White House reflections
I have been lucky to somehow accomplish a number of milestones in my lifetime: graduate college, enter medical school, build a company, spearhead a premiere medical technology conference, pen a blog...
Japan (As Magical As You Think It Is)
So it’s about 800 degrees centigrade and I’m wondering if I’ve lost my mind hiking Mt. Arashiyama in this heat. I turn and watch two children and their elderly grandparents skip gaily up the...
Let The Evening Come
This is the beginning of my fourth year of graduate school, that membranous transition period between the eager expectation of third year and the panicked frenzy of fifth year. Many of my older...
My First OSCE: A Tale of Tears
“Now, this last comment is personal advice for you as you move forward in medicine.” It was the fall of 2013, and I was in my first year of medical school. Specifically, I was receiving...
From Zambia to Medical School
StudentSpeak is pleased to share an excerpt of M.D. student Malerie Pratt's winning essay for the Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award presented by Giva. Malerie is a member...
Town Doctor
The road to the town where I did my rural clerkship travels east from Portland until you reach a sharp turn off Highway 84 that heads south. Soon after leaving the highway, you lose cellphone...
Tomorrow’s lessons
Dear --------, You were my patient for four days. On the first day, we treated your many diseases. On the second day, we removed all but comfort measures. When I arrive at the hospital...
The Trouble With Girls and Women Scientists and Why We Won’t Just Stick to Shoe Shopping
Let's be clear—the word "woman" is a noun. It is not an adjective. And yet the inclusion of the word "woman" as an adjective, to subtly yet profoundly undermine the notion that women are...