Micah Murphy is a fourth-year medical student at the John Sealy School of Medicine in Galveston, Texas. He looks forward to incorporating Oslerian principles of medicine and teaching in his future career as a general surgeon. He is excited to share his essay on Osler's influence on his medical education and his family's lives.
This (Feb 2024) edition of the Newsletter is highlighted by two essays that incorporate glimpses of how medical humanities affect our views of patients. Our Editor synthesizes the several dazzling, delightful, and deep-thinking articles from students on the role the humanities play in our medical lives.
"This piece was written as I sat in my room and reflected on experiences in my life that helped inspire me to pursue medicine. It was emotionally very tough to put together yet allowed me a release that I was not aware I still needed. The emotions behind this piece guide my decisions and interactions as I continue pursuing my career in medicine. I hope to share the internal dialogue of a family member that may not interact much with the medical staff regarding a patient's care. Thank you for taking the time to read this and share this brief instance of my life with me."
Ninad Bhat is currently a second year neurology resident at UCSF. He aims to combine his passions for medicine and stories to highlight patient voices and pass their lessons forward. We are pleased to offer this moving and thoughtful piece on the AOS blog prior to its publication in the AOS newsletter.
Abi is on his way to becoming a doctor. He recently read a poem at our AOS Poetry Gathering. Wanting to know more about the poem and the poet behind it, we asked Abi to reflect upon both.
Dr. Romulo Augusto Andrade de Almeida writes about his relationship to neurosurgery and drawing. Henry Viets, who proposed a field of "cultural medicine," first met Osler protee Harvey Cushing during a meeting in Cushing’s office where Cushing was drawing a picture of the surgery he just performed. Havey Cushing's successor at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital wrote for Cushing's festschrift an essay entitled, The Art of Surgery.
In this blog post, Romulo provides the history and meaning of his arts.
