Grief Palliation at the Microscope
All your life…
Makeup
A three-year-old tried to make her mother look beautiful…
This Room
The last time I was in this room, a patient took her last breath.
2021 | Voices from the Faculty, Front Cover
2021 | Voices from the Faculty, Introduction
Dear Reader, Our learners continue to inspire our stories collected in this second issue of Voices from the Faculty. Medical students’ eagerness “to connect and learn,” Dr. Backman writes in “Mindful Mentorship,” enables each of us to “relearn.” Our lives also are enriched by our patients. Even after 40 years as an oncologist, Dr. Buys …
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Volume 2 | 2021 Voices from the Faculty
55-word stories are just that—stories told in 55 words. The genre wascoined by Steven Moss, founder of the New Times weekly in SanLuis Obispo County, CA, which sponsored the first 55-word storycontest in 1987. Since then, many communities, including medicine,have found the form useful in telling their unique experiences. Voices from the Faculty Editorial board …
Volume 2 | 2021 Voices from the Residents
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2021 | Voices from the Residents, Front Cover
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2021 | Voices from the Residents, Introduction
A collection of 55-word stories from residents at the University of Utah.
Lost Hugs
These are days of hugs not given or
The Heart is Beating On
It pumps until it pumps no more,
Overload
My daughter twirls in her pink confetti
How Lucky Am I?
What ordinary miracles I witness each
The Things Between Us
He unbuttons his shirt.
The Weight
The weight of my words and your
Pages
Beep beep bee–. Slap. Groan. Fumble.
Vision
When I close my eyes, your frozen full-
History, I Guess.
Name, department, function
Sweet Magic
One little boy, AFOs ill-fitting, wild child,
American Red Cross
Hearts on the wall for Valentine’s Day.
Fever
She can’t stay seated, fake lashes
A Pathologists Sonnet
Static
point A to point B
“Thinking is pain,” my patient muses flatly
Not Enough Love
There was
Despair
dimly lit and windowless,