Jun 24, 2019
"On the first night of my labor and delivery rotation, I watched a story unfold that reminded me of medicine’s potential to arouse our innermost humanity." Medical student Nicholas Lenze remembers an experience that reminded him that medicine is more than just the next task, that it is the extraordinary moments of humanity physicians experience when they are present with patients. This essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the June 2019 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.