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Journeys User4February 15, 2024February 13, 2024Clinical Training Experience, Cross-cultural Experience, Words of WisdomFlorida, Internal Medicine, PGY2, Trinidad and Tobago, Well-being

The Pop-Up Cultural Marketplace

By Dr. Vernicia Hernandez

I am an internal medicine resident at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (UM/JMH) in Florida. The director of my program, Dr. Stefanie Brown, is committed to recruiting the most diverse class of residents, which is reflected in our residency cohort. There is strength in diversity, and it can be leveraged through a culture of mutual understanding and respect. To help promote this culture in my program, I decided to launch a project called the ‘“Pop-Up Cultural Marketplace.” The Pop-Up Cultural Marketplace project aims to foster a better understanding of the other societies, values, and cultures represented by the community at my host institution.

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Journeys User4October 24, 2023October 23, 2023My Story, Words of WisdomFlorida, Internal Medicine, Peru, PGY1

How I Beat the Odds

By Dr. Anthony Ramos-Yataco

I was born in Peru in a small town called Nasca. Peru is a beautiful country with lots of natural resources and wonderful people, but disparities in its society are obvious and tangible. I felt them firsthand as a child born into a low-income family. We struggled financially, and I never had much growing up, but the one thing I never lacked was motivation. I wanted to work hard to build a better future for myself than my parents could have ever imagined.

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Journeys User4April 20, 2023April 19, 2023Clinical Training Experience, My Story, Words of WisdomFlorida, India, Pediatrics, PGY2

Against All the Odds

By Dr. Poorvi Agrawal

Since I was a young child, my father taught me to dream. That is how a young me, with no medical background or exposure to the healthcare profession, dreamed of becoming a provider one day. I graduated from B.J. Medical College, which is affiliated with one of the largest hospitals in Asia, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. I was introduced to research and the science behind it during my practice, and it was then that my dream expanded: I dreamed of one day becoming a physician-scientist. The idea of juggling caring for patients, where every patient poses a new question for science, and working in the lab to discover answers to those questions, sent an adrenaline rush to my system. It was then that I decided to pursue the dream of furthering my medical education in the United States, due to its large investment in the research sciences.

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Journeys User4November 16, 2022November 16, 2022Clinical Training Experience, My Story, Words of WisdomFlorida, Honduras, Internal Medicine, PGY2

One Day at a Time

By Dr. Carlos Andres Avila Molina

“One day at a time.” These exact words I continue to say to myself even after matching and beginning my residency. I had always known my goal was to pursue a residency in the United States. I would read medical books, articles, and other research done in the United States to complement my learning back home. I always thought to myself: “I want to find out how they’re discovering all these new things, participate in them, and hopefully bring innovative techniques back home.”

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Journeys User4April 14, 2021April 9, 2021Clinical Training Experience, My StoryFlorida, Internal Medicine, PGY1, Zimbabwe

My Miraculous Return to Residency

By Dr. Kushinga Bvute

We were young, happy, in love, and planning for the future. My husband thought that it would be prudent to explore the possibility of furthering our careers abroad to ensure a secure future for our family. He was a banker but also very passionate about farming. I was fresh from university and not yet established, so we decided that I would be the first to pursue opportunities abroad.

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