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Scholarly Commons > HCA Healthcare Journal > Vol. 7 > Iss. 3 (2026)

 

Keywords

medical humanities; poetry; career; physician; healer; medicine in the arts; medical education

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Poetry

Abstract

The path to becoming a doctor is an arduous and transformative process, and this poem attempts to illustrate a window into it. From the busy pre-med courses in college, to the rigorous academic expectations of medical school, the long work hours in residency, to finally trying to balance life and medicine as a busy attending physician—looking back, I am grateful for the unique opportunity. Not every day seemed positive at the time, but I now see that all the experiences, both good and bad, shaped who I am today and influenced my perception of the world and medicine.

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