Contents

A collection of 55-word stories from residents at the University of Utah

Funding provided by the University of Utah GME Wellness Grant.

2022 | Voices from the Housestaff, Front Cover | Front-cover
by Kathryn Schmidt, MD

Acceptable | Literature
by Sara Coomes

always forward | Literature
by Ellen Gilbertson, MD

Being for the Benefit of Mr. B | Literature
by Omar Rachdi, DO

Critical Care Fellow | Literature
by Katie Hendrickson, MD

Darkness | Literature
by Thomas George, MD

Dax’s Orange Hat | Literature
by Mark Sims, MD

Directions | Literature
by Kristen Durbin, MD

First Date No. 3 | Literature
by Kristen Durbin, MD

Hats and Masks | Literature
by Liam Clark, MD

Inadequate | Literature
by Liam Clark, MD

Injecting Daxinib | Literature
by Omar Rachdi, DO

Med Clearance | Literature
by Benjamin Drum, MD, PhD

Motivations | Literature
by Selene Rubino, MD

Mrs. S | Literature
by Katie Hendrickson, MD

Notes on PPE | Literature
by Kristen Durbin, MD

NRP | Literature
by Allison M. Cool, MD

Salaam | Literature
by Omar Rachdi, DO

six minutes in room eleven | Literature
by Ellen Gilbertson, MD

The Last Lullaby Trilogy (Part 1) | Literature
by Omar Rachdi, DO

The Spark (Excerpt) | Literature
by Omar Rachdi, DO

This is What We Signed Up for | Literature
by Liam Clark, MD

Unforgetting | Literature
by Sara Coomes

Was it All Worth It | Literature
by Emily Sierakowski, MD

We Will Fix This: An Erasure | Literature
by Julia Moss, MD

What Really Matters | Literature
by Laura Fitzgerald, MD

Yellow | Literature
by Claire Tursak