The Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest asks medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise that illustrates an experience where they or a team member worked to ensure that humanism was at the core of care.
For the 2006 contest, medical students were asked to reflect on the following quote:
“To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.” – Hippocrates
2006 Essay Contest Winners
First Place | Thinking Outside the Box
Second Place (3-way tie):
- An essay by Benjamin Howard, 2nd year student at University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
- An essay by Benjamin Lampson, 3rd year student at Duke University School of Medicine
- An essay by Ari Reichstein, 4th year student at Case School of Medicine
Third Place (2-way tie)
- An essay by Kelly Doran , 4th year student at University of Michigan Medical School
- An essayby an anonymous 4th year student at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Honorable Mentions
- Allison Meadows, 4th year student, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Alexis Carmer, 4th year student, Baylor College of Medicine
- Judy Nee, 4th year student, Brown Medical School
- Denise Hayes, 4th year student, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Yachna Ahuja, 3rd year student, Case School of Medicine
- Gavin H. Imperato, 1st year student, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
- Jamie Rehmann, 2nd year student, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Elizabeth Melzer, 2nd year student, University of South Florida College of Medicine
- Sara M. Pope, 4th year student, University of Vermont College of Medicine