As part of my work on the volunteer clinical faculty at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, I co-facilitate an elective for first year medical students. The elective is entitled “Patient Stories/Doctor Stories,” and usually draws a group of about ten to fifteen new medical students. In this elective, we use various creative media, such
Every morning, right after my meditation, I try to sit down and write a few “morning pages”…these are usually about three pages written out in my journal or on my laptop, where I try to clear my head before the day begins. I am still usually foggy from sleep, and so it is always interesting