Medmic: by healthcare workers

The Smoke Billows

Prisca Mbonu is a current medical student at The Burnett School of Medicine based in Fort Worth, Texas. She possesses a deep passion for narrative medicine. Throughout her time in medical school, she has led initiatives to integrate the humanities into medical training through various projects and programs.

Facing Frustration

Dominic Lal is a 3rd year medical student at UNC Chapel Hill. “This haiku addressess a scenario where I managed to effectively engage with a patient who was very upset because the clinic was running late.” 

3 Poems by Eliana Jacobs

Eliana Jacobs is a Fulbright Scholar who aspires to become a physician to advocate for the intersectionality of health, education, public health, and writing. She brings awareness towards social determinants of health through her numerous medical poetry publications in Stanford JUSTHEALTH and the Journal of the Student National Medical Association (JSNMA).

The Spring

Madison Peregoy, MD. I am an Internal Medicine resident at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center originally from Wilmington, North Carolina.

Echoes of Our Humanity

Kennedy Sparling is a 3rd year medical student at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine – Phoenix. She appreciates the intersection between art and medicine and is also pursuing a degree distinction in Health Humanities.