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Hi LizzyM,Have you read any short stories, novels or poetry by physicians? Reading and writing don't make you unique but do give you membership in a small club.
Richard Selzer who died recently was a surgeon turned writer. William Carlos Williams was a poet and physician. Perri Klass is a pediatrician and writer of both essays and novels. There are tons more.... If you want to highlight your interest in what is sometimes called the "medical humanities" then go for it. Someone on the adcom is bound to eat it up.
Thanks so much! I'll think about thatsounds cool to me
only part I didn't like was going directly from literary art to saying medicine is an art
you need a slightly better segue
Have you read any short stories, novels or poetry by physicians? Reading and writing don't make you unique but do give you membership in a small club.
Richard Selzer who died recently was a surgeon turned writer. William Carlos Williams was a poet and physician. Perri Klass is a pediatrician and writer of both essays and novels. There are tons more.... If you want to highlight your interest in what is sometimes called the "medical humanities" then go for it. Someone on the adcom is bound to eat it up.
Hi Goro! Thanks for the response. Do you have any advice on writing about being excited for practicing/learning in a medical context with a humanities/literature/philosophy angle? Specifically for a diversity essay? THANKS!Don't forget Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Anton Chekov
Hi Goro! Thanks for the response. Do you have any advice on writing about being excited for practicing/learning in a medical context with a humanities/literature/philosophy angle? Specifically for a diversity essay? THANKS!