From the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the UCSD School of Medicine, a collection of experiences that promote humanity, compassion, and mindfulness in the world of doctoring. All patient details in posts have been de-identified in compliance with HIPAA standards.
Anonymous
My preceptor handed me the chart. “Positive pregnancy test” was scratched in ink on a sticky note on the front. We were at the adolescent medicine clinic at a local under-served high school. Continue reading “Struggling with abortion”
Mohammed Suhail, MS4 at UCSD SOM
I almost wept today for the first time in years.
My patient was a 45 year old woman with a metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma. Head shaved, eyes tired, she fell asleep twice as I spoke to her. Her daughter, 20 years old, sat nearby and woke her up with a few words in Spanish whenever she drifted back into sleep. Continue reading “I almost wept today”
Brian Nuyen, MS3 at UCSD SOM
I fantasize about rounding with a rock.
A black rock.
A rock so black it sucks vision from your eyes. WHOOOOPH! Like that.
Continue reading “Hillcrest medicine”
Ali Khaki, MS4 at USCD SOM
She was 80ish, at death’s door with Parkinson’s, kept alive by love. She could no longer speak, barely breathed or moved, but when he came, she was alive. He entered her room and her heart raced, he touched her and she tried to smile. It was so beautiful – I could see her love as well.
