The Voices in Humanism (Voices) initiative is a collaboration between The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine’s Gold Humanism Honor Society Resident Chapter and the OSU Medical Heritage Center. The mission is to collect, preserve, and share the arts created during this challenging time. Students, residents, faculty, staff, alumni, and all members of the healthcare family submit all forms of visual arts, writing, and music to the collection. To view the growing collection, visit the Voices webpage.
For Want of Human Contact: Watercolor Doodles on Surgical Rotation Notes was submitted by M4 Sarah Burns who recently matched infamily medicine and will be completing her residency at the Grant Family Medicine Residency program in Columbus, OH. She is also an Ohio Academy of Family Physicians member and serves on its Social Determinants of Health Workgroup.
“My interests within family medicine include trans care specifically and LGBTQ healthcare in general, as well as addiction medicine and advocacy,” shared Ms. Burns.
“I have a deep interest in public health and am planning on trying to fit in an MPH somewhere in and around my residency training. I trained in art (as well as the more standard neuroscience) in college, and use the act of creating as a form of meditation, a chance to narrow my focus and slow the pace of my life down while allowing my mind to wander and work through my daily struggles and problems. I do this through traditional mediums such as paint, ink, and charcoal, but also more recently in embroidery and other fiber arts, she continued.
“While the pandemic has been mentally and physically hard in many ways, I have appreciated the time that it has given me to step out of my pure-science studies and give more time to my creative outlets before my hectic resident schedule begins,” concluded Ms. Burns.
Essential Stories are the writings of Pat Wynn Brown on medicine during COVID. As she heard the stories from hospital staff about what they faced in their fight for lives during the pandemic, she decided to write and share the stories of our healthcare heros.
“When the interviewees read their finished draft, their spirits were elevated, they had a new sence of purpose in their profession, they experienced affirmation of their endurnace, and a received blessings for the miracles they performed,” stated Brown.
In This is Fine, Emily Evans, BSN, RN, shares how COVID affected her personal and working lives. View the full piece on the Voices website.
Journey of the Flame was submitted by Mary Bernard-Ceccoli, a community artist, who said, “Photography is self-care for me. Right after losing my job due to the pandemic, I esccaped to a happy place and memories of younger years sitting around a fire with great friends. Just as my journey in life, ever changing, every twist and turn and brightness. This flame represents my journey in life and the journey that is yet to come.”
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Submitted by Jody Glasser Sobol, this beautiful, purple flower is a great reminder of spring.
The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) is partnering in this initiative by highlighting pieces of work in the Weekly Family Medicine Update, as well as on the Joy Among Chaos webpage. If you would like to contribute to this collection and share your own piece of work that reflects thoughts during this time of dual pandemics as we struggle to understand the impact on our patients, their families, our communities, our profession, and ourselves, we encourage you to do so. Submissions may be emailed to LCStoneMD@columbus.rr.com.
Financial support for this program is provided by the AAFP Foundation Philanthropic Consortium (FMPC) which is funded by members like you! Help programs like this continue to support family medicine by giving to the FMPC. Select “Chapter Grants” when making your gift online. Thank you!