Academic Medicine Podcast

"The hands that conducted the neurological exam were not hands that could cure this affliction. However, they did heal. The hands sewed a seam between the patient and themselves, filling the gaping hole with support and compassion." Second-year medical student Mahima Sukumar explores how, in the exam room, finding shared experiences can transform mistrust into promise and faith. This essay placed in the 2020 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest and was published in the December 2020 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.