UMHS 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 Family Medicine Journal , written while still in clinical rotations.
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 UMHS St. Kitts that led her to write:
(Photo, inset right) Dr. Riggs. Photo: UMHS 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.”
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