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July 2004
No. 13

 

July 2004
Sponsored by the Humanistic Medicine Action Committee
Edited by Marianne Taylor

A Special Issue...
featuring the creative expression of students who
participated in AMSA's 2004 HEART Elective!

The Humanistic Elective in alternative medicine, Activism and Reflective Transformation (HEART), is a four-week residential rotation designed for fourth year medical students focused on community living, holistic healing, leadership and communication development, and individual growth.

Visual Arts

Images and Final Projects

1. Beaded Mobile
by Nancy Schaefer, OHSU Family Medicine, Portland OR
2. Cookbook
by Heidi Kloster, Children's Hospital of Oakland, Oakland CA
3. Earrings
by Ann Nora Ehret, Alaska Family Practice Residency, Anchorage AK
4. Flowers and Stick
by Rima Ash, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC
5. Healer's Nest
by Nao Sakurai, University of Rochester Family Practice, NY
6. Heart Book
by Elizabeth Suiter, UCSF Primary Care Medicine, CA
7. Heart Box
by Leslie Van Schaack, San Antonio Pediatrics, TX
8. Painting
by Marcia Haggerty, Anchorage Alaska Family Practice Residency
9. Reiki Calligraphy
by Misha Kogan, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY
10. Tree Branches
by Mehdi Yazdanpanah, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
11. White Coat
by William Nunley, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR

Creative Writing

The Hippocratic Oath...revised and revived!

1. Group Hippocratic Oath
2. Personal Hippocratic Oaths

Poems from the HEART

1. Afternoon Snack
by Liz Suiter MD, Dept of Internal Medicine, UCSF
2. Tangerine Petals
by 2004 HEART Participant
3. Questions For a Cicada
by Evan Hirsch MD, Dept of Family Medicine, Olympia, WA
4. Off...spRiNG!
by Casey Kirkhart MD, Jack Rutledge Fellow, AMSA National Office
5. Healer's Nest
by Nao Sakurai MD, Dept of Family Medicine, Rochester, NY

The Healer's Voice Home

 

REMINDER: Please use that right side of your brain! Send submissions to THE HEALER'S VOICE, our national online monthly creative expression journal. You can send anything: poetry, prose, paintings, photography, song lyrics, photos of jewelry you made, video, music…however you find a way to creatively express yourself. Send your work to healers_voice@amsa.org -- there is no deadline!