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 2010 contest, medical students were asked to write an essay based on the following prompt:
Describe a barrier a physician might face to practicing humanistic patient care. How might this be overcome and what can be learned in the process? (Use personal experiences or observations where possible)
2010 Essay Contest Winners
First Place | Bricks of Indifference
William J. Crisler, 3rd year student at Creighton University School of Medicine
Second Place | The White Coat
Randy Tang, 3rd year student at UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden
Third Place | An essay
Eliza Miller, 2nd year student at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Honorable Mentions
- Christopher Bayne, 3rd year student at Eastern Virginia Medical School
- David Carrier, 4th year student at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Elizabeth Holcombe, 4th year student at University of Mississippi School of Medicine
- Jacob Imber, 3rd year student at University of Kansas Medical Center
- Poonam Kaushal, 3rd year student at New York Medical College
- Michael Kralovec, 3rd year student at University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Samuel Love, 2nd year student at University of Mississippi School of Medicine
- Joanna Kristine Pearson, 4th year student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Valentina Rodriguez, 4th year student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Derek Russell, 3rd year student at University of Texas Medical Branch
- Michelle Sangalang, 3rd year student at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
- Kristin Sohn, 2nd year student at University of Nevada School of Medicine