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A.C. Mapes School of Medicine and Public Health 2022 Essay During the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people called themselves “germaphobes.” It was rational to avoid getting COVID, but that is not germaphobia. Germaphobia is an irrational fear of getting sick. Germaphobes have panic attacks when they are triggered and rely on avoidance behaviors that…

Siobhan Wilson, MD, PhD School of Medicine and Public Health 2022 Essay   Talking to each other in the back room about our clinic days, we call them “Doctor Prizes.”  They are the gifts our patients bring us to say, “Thank you.”  To say, “I feel seen, and heard, and cared for.”  To say, “I…