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What It Means to Care About Patients

Posted by Ann Celestine
June 26, 2012

ɫ St. Kitts medical student, Dr. Kristin Riggs, puts a little heart into the practice of medicine. Her article, “For José” is a moving, personal narrative published in the January 2012 issue of  , written while still in clinical rotations.

Kristen Riggs Miller

 

Dr. Riggs will no doubt have many similar patient encounters in her future as a Family Physician.  Perhaps it is her insight drawn from her medical school training in the Caribbean at (Photo, inset right) Dr. Riggs. Photo: ɫ archives

“In just a split second, his eyes told me more than any doctor or procedure had told me that day; he was scared, he was alone, and there was nothing he could do about it.”



(Top photo) Photo: Deposit Photos


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Built in the tradition of the best US universities, the University of Medicine and Health Sciences focuses on individual student attention, maintaining small class sizes and recruiting high-quality faculty. We call this unique approach, “personalized medical education,” and it’s what has led to our unprecedented 96% student retention rate, and outstanding residency placements across the US and Canada. ɫ is challenging everything you thought you knew about Caribbean medical schools.

 

Posted by Ann Celestine

Ann Celestine, M.L.S., B.A., A.H.I.P. is Director of Library & Educational Applications, Professor of Library Research. Professor Celestine oversees all daily library and exam center operations at the Anne Ross Library at ɫ.

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