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 2018 contest, medical and nursing students were asked to reflect on the following quote and tell us about a healthcare experience with a patient or fellow clinician that led to a new, unexpected understanding or perspective.
“It’s not what you look at that matters, but what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau
2018 Essay Contest Winners
2018 Nursing Student Winners
First Place | Seeing Stephen
Ashley Edgar, 1st Year, University of Texas Medical Branch
Second Place | Kenny
Rachel Sterling, 3rd Year, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Third Place | The Fish Tank
Lucy R. Frank, 4th Year, Duke University
2018 Medical Student Winners
First Place | Untitled
Antoinette Esce, 3rd Year, University of Rochester
Second Place | Untitled
Uttara Gadde, 2nd Year, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Third Place | Untitled
Evaline Cheng, 3rd Year, University of California, San Diego
2018 Honorable Mentions
- Carolina de Almagro, 1st Year, Florida International University – Nursing Student
- Sarah Bugg, 3rd Year, University of Kentucky College of Medicine – Medical Student
- Catherine Brannan, 1st Year, University of Colorado – Nursing Student
- Alexa Chavez, 4th Year, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California – Medical Student
- Lias Cross, 1st Year, University of Massachusetts Lowell – Nursing Student
- Rachel MacLean, 2nd Year, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons – Medical Student
- James Nguyen, 1st Year, Penn State College of Medicine – Medical Student
- Meera Reghunathan, 3rd Year, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine – Medical Student
- Ovini Rodrigo, 3rd Year, Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine – Medical Student
- Regina Thorp, 2nd Year, Uniformed Services University – Nursing Student