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 2015 contest, medical students were asked to write an essay using the following prompt: “A critical part of providing excellent patient care is getting to know your patient. Tell us a story about a time when learning a non-medical piece of information about a patient led to an improved healthcare outcome and/or patient experience. Use relevant examples from your experience.”
2015 Essay Contest Winners
First Place | Being the Narrator
Joanna Sharpless (GHHS 2013), 4th year student at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Second Place | The Doctor Will See You Now
Katrina Lynch, 3rd year student at Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Third Place | Gauze and Guns
Samantha Gridley, 2nd year student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Honorable Mentions
- Kevin Xu, 1st year student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Fatima Fahs, 3rd year student at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
- Rachel Manzo, 4th year student at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
- Philip Cawkwell, 3rd year student at NYU School of Medicine
- Mina Mousa, 3rd year student at University of Alabama School of Medicine
- Robert DeGrazia, Jr., 3rd year student at The Commonwealth Medical College
- Bradley End, 4th year student at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Elisa Walsh, 3rd year student at Harvard Medical School
- Oriana Hunter, 3rd year student at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Sheila McThenia, 3rd year student at University of Florida College of Medicine