2021 PHM Health Professions Student Creative Writing & Art Contest Awards Ceremony

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00:49We'll start in about 30 seconds.
01:11Anna Reisman: Welcome,
01:12everybody,
01:15to the 2020-To a
01:272021 PHM Health Professions Student Creative Writing & Art Contest.
01:28I'm the director of the program.
01:32I want to tell you about two new things
01:34about this year's contest,
01:38for those of you who have been here in
01:40past years.
01:43This is our first award presentation
01:44in Zoom.
01:45Last year,
01:47it was so early in the pandemic,
01:51we didn't know how to do this.
01:54Here we are now with more knowledge.
01:56Until this year,
02:01the contest was only open to medical students.
02:08The name was the Margerite Rush
02:09Learner contest.
02:14It awarded in only poetry and prose.
02:18I'm grateful to the Rush Learner
02:22family for funding these prizes.
02:26We then allowed art submissions later on.
02:31And in the spirit of interprofessional training,
02:34we changed the name of the contest to
02:38make it more general and invited
02:41submissions from all of the health
02:43professions at Yale.
02:47This year,
02:53we received a whopping 73 submissions
02:55among the three categories.
02:59There were beautiful and outstanding
03:02pieces and the judges had a tough time deciding.
03:05Can I get the next slide, please?
03:08So,
03:11these are the judges for this year.
03:15And each of these judges were asked
03:18to evaluate either poetry,
03:19prose,
03:20or art.
03:24Quite a few of them have volunteered
03:25their time for years,
03:28and some are new this year.
03:29Aba Black,
03:34Sharon Osteld-Johns,
03:38Rita Rienzo,
03:44and Nora Segar are new. Thank you.
03:48We'll start with art,
03:51then move on to poetry and prose.
03:55I'm thrilled to have several winners
04:01from each category who are here are
04:02share their work.
04:06You're welcome to use the chat or Q&A
04:09and we have closed captioning.
04:13May I have the next slide please?
04:211st and 2nd prize winner in the Art
04:24category is Simone Hasselmo.
04:27Each piece is a graphic narrative,
04:29or a comic.
04:35The first is called "First spring"
04:40and the the other is called "rabbits."
04:42I'll turn things over to Simone.
04:45Speaker: Thank you.
04:50I think I need to share my screen.
04:54OK.
05:02I am a third or fourth year medical
05:04student at this point.
05:06I'm not really sure which.
05:10I'll be reading a piece of mine
05:19called "Rabbits" which is based on my
05:21grandfather's memoirs.
05:25[Student reading
05:30first panel on screen.]
06:00[Student reading top-right panel on screen.]
06:17[Student reading: Middle right panel.]
06:26[Student reading: Bottom right panel.]
06:45[Student reading: Top left panel.]
07:09[Student reading: Top right panel.]
07:14[Teacher reading: middle right panel.]
07:20[Student reading: Bottom right.]
07:31[Student reading: Left side of screen.]
07:49[Student reading: Right side of screen.]
08:16[Student reading: Top left.]
08:27[Student reading: "In May 1942 . . . "]
08:35[Student reading: "Himmler responded . . .
08:36"]
08:42[Student reading: "He wanted to know . . . "]
08:52[Student reading: Top right.]
09:14[Student reading: "The outcome . . . "]
09:34[Student reading: "To me,
09:36the case . . . "]
09:59[Student reading: "His victims were
10:00called . . . "]
10:01Thank you.
10:08Anna Reisman: Thank you,
10:09Simone.
10:15I feel like we need a moment after that.
10:20Thank you so much.
10:24We'll hear from Simone again at the
10:27end with her other piece.
10:30Next up is Julia Cizeski.
10:36Her piece is entitled "cigarette
10:38Cigarette Paper Owl."
10:45Julia is a student at Yale School of Nursing,
10:47graduating this year.
10:50She is winning 3rd place.
10:52Julia?
10:54It's all yours.
10:55Congratulations.
10:58Speaker: Thank you.
10:59My name is Julia Cizeski.
11:04I'll be graduating in a few weeks as
11:10a psychiatric nurse practitioner.
11:14I'm dedicated to mental health.
11:19This Paper Bird series is partially about that.
11:23I'll read my artist statement.
11:28Owls appear throughout the world.
11:35Their glower has inspired religious text.
11:39Some cultures view owls as wisdom,
11:43and others as bad omens.
11:49My Paper Owls embedded this complex symbolism,
11:55and was made out of almost all
11:56recycled materials.
11:59They're fashioned from newspapers,
12:01paper bags,
12:05and shopping receipts.
12:11The birds represent our human death
12:14howl as we battle consumerism,
12:16substance abuse,
12:21and struggle to stay connected with
12:23Mother Nature.
12:24Thank you.
12:29Anna Reisman: Thank you so much,
12:30Julia.
12:33I have one quick question for you.
12:35What is the size of this owl?
12:39Speaker: It's about life-size.
12:42I would say it's about 12 to 14 inches tall.
12:47Anna Reisman: And how many owls are in the series?
12:51Speaker: I've been doing these for
12:52several years.
12:53I have a lot of them.
12:55Some of them are flying,
12:59some are in people's homes now.
13:05I have a permanent installation in
13:10New Mexico in Meowwolf.
13:14So they're flying all over the place.
13:16If anyone is interested,
13:20they can google my name and my
13:21Instagram and my website.
13:23Anna Reisman: Thank you so much.
13:25Fantastic.
13:26Next slide, please.
13:28So,
13:33this piece received an honorable mention.
13:38The title is "temporality and healing"
13:40by Natnael Doilicho,
13:48a Yale student of medicine who will
13:50graduate in 2022.
13:53He couldn't be with us,
13:57but he shared a paragraph with us.
14:03I used an old copy of Gray's anatomy,
14:07a rose from Valentine's Day,
14:10and a need I practice with.
14:14I wanted to create the feeling of
14:15time and decay,
14:18music as temporal rhythmic,
14:21and the art of practice.
14:32This extends the beauty of things,
14:33even if only temporary,
14:38and recognizes that these are beautiful.
14:40Thank you.
14:42Next slide,
14:44please.
14:48This is another honorable mention,
14:53created by Anastasia Eberhardt
14:56graduating in 2023.
15:01Speaker: Thank you for honoring my artwork.
15:05The title of my piece is named for
15:13the multi-headed dog that guards the
15:19entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology.
15:23I printed this image with ink using a
15:24printing press.
15:26As for the imagery,
15:29I encourage people to find whatever
15:32meaning they can from the image.
15:40One meaning I'll highlight is a body
15:45occupying multiple headspaces at one time.
15:46But they work together.
15:50Beneath them is an olive branch. Thank you
15:52Anna Reisman: Thank you.
15:58I'm also curious about the size of this piece.
16:06Speaker: The length is about a foot,
16:08and it's only about 6 inches tall.
16:11Anna Reisman: Thank you.
16:13It's a wonderful piece.
16:18This is our final piece from the Art section.
16:23It's another honorable mention by
16:25Chang Su,
16:26Yale School of Medicine 2021.
16:30Speaker: Hi,
16:32this is Chang.
16:35I'm graduating this year,
16:39and I'll become an internal medicine resident.
16:43This piece is done with colored
16:49pencil and teabags out of accident.
16:51As I was finishing the piece,
16:58I spilled some coffee and rather as
17:00regarding that as a total accident,
17:04I dragged teabags over the piece and
17:05burned the edges to age it.
17:16These symbolize happiness and good luck.
17:23Bian Que was a nickname given to an
17:26honorable doctor.
17:29He formulated "look,
17:31listen, act,
17:32and touch."
17:41This is a guarding principal in medicine.
17:46This serves as a reminder to always
17:51strive to treat patients holistically. Thank you
17:54Anna Reisman: Thank you.
17:57Two questions: how big is the piece,
17:59and also,
18:00how did you use the teabag?
18:05Speaker: The piece is slightly bigger
18:09than an 8x4 paper.
18:13A bit bigger than regular sized printing pages.
18:15The
18:22You have to use black tea or Earl grey
18:23to get the color.
18:28You squeeze out the extra water so
18:30it's only damp.
18:33If you want a darker color,
18:37you pinch the bag more and you can dab
18:41with a smaller area to darken it more.
18:43If you want it lighter,
18:47you leave the teabag as big as
18:48possible and dab lightly.
18:51Anna Reisman: Thank you so much.
18:53Congrats, again.
18:55OK.
18:58We'll move on to Poetry.
19:01I'll start by reading out the winners.
19:03Then we'll hear from three of them.
19:08First place is awarded to Anna Preston
19:14who is a Yale medical student.
19:18Second place goes to Mary Elliot for
19:21her poem "reconciliation.
19:27" And third place goes to Mariko
19:28Fujimoto Rooks,
19:32a Yale School Public Health student
19:36for her poem "neon tetra fish Negro."
19:41Our honorable mentions are A
19:43aron Phillips,
19:46Anna Vignola,
19:49Andrea Sparr,
19:56all from PA Online program,
19:57and again,
19:58Mariko Fujimoto Rooks,
20:05for a poem entitled "My Name: in Lights."
20:08We have Anna Preston here.
20:12I welcome you to read your poem and
20:14tell us a bit about it.
20:16Speaker: Thank you so much.
20:18Yeah.
20:20This is a poem I've been working on
20:21for a while.
20:25It's about one of the first patient
20:28interactions I had in my full rotation year.
20:30It was a brief interaction,
20:36but touched me deeply.
20:38It's a reflection on that,
20:46and our patient encounters and how
21:00they can supercede our ability to communicate.
21:12An “Odd Affect” She doesn’t say much. She doesn’t meet your eye.
21:13She is, as they say, a “poor historian.”
21:16The answers we do get come low and slowly,
21:17Stiff and halting as soldiers.
21:20No, no contractions.
21:22No, no bleeding.
21:24Yes, she’s had prenatal care. Yes.
21:25A pause.
21:28She feels safe at home.
21:29There is not much more to ask.
21:36A round form under a hospital sheet
21:37The trace of a tear on a cheek
21:40A tangent point on a circle that began
21:43years and years ago, and has been turning
21:45like a millstone ever since.
21:49She is vast and expansive as an ocean,
21:52Fathoms stretching below her opaque exterior,
21:55But we see only our reflections on the surface and shrug.
21:58Perhaps we know better than to look deeper.
22:02A swab of the ultrasound,
22:03A few more seconds of burdened silence.
22:04We tell ourselves we did what we could.
22:08The questions we could never ask dissipate from our minds,
22:12Unformed and unspoken, before they even take shape.
22:16We close the door on the sea.
22:19Thank you.
22:26Anna Reisman: Thank you so much.
22:27Beautiful poem.
22:31So,
22:33Mary Elliot,
22:36who was our 2nd-place,
22:38is also here tonight.
22:40Speaker: Hi,
22:41everyone.
22:43Thanks for having me here.
22:47My poem is called "Reconciliation."
22:53Even though it’s pronounced “my-tral” valve,
22:54I mess up and say “mittral” valve time after time.
22:56“My-tral,” my preceptor reminds me.
22:59“For mitre—the holy crown—the bishop’s hat.”
23:02I carry this error like a pulsing thrombus
23:06evident only on ultrasound and dark places—for exemplia gratia, the confessional
23:09where long ago the priest sat behind the screen on Saturday afternoons,
23:13exasperated maybe, his silhouetted head in his hands, and listened.
23:18Back then, I could expose my faults unseen:
23:21“Father, I have sinned: ‘Mittral, mittral, mittral, mittral, mittral.’”
23:27He would absolve me with two Hail Marys, an Our Father and a Glory-Be,
23:31and the clot in my heart would dissolve
23:33and my soul would sing “mytral” the way God intended.
23:38But medication reconciliation is different: There is no screen.
23:42I sit with the patient face to face.
23:45“Let’s update your medications,” I announce,
23:47and mispronounce them all.
23:53I say “carvedielol” and the patient says
23:54“car-ved-ilol.”
23:55I say “atorvastatin” and the patient says “atorva-stat-in.”
23:58I say “panto-pray-zole.”
24:01The patient sighs: “Pan-toe-prazole.”
24:05The patient is frustrated with our Fred and Ginger number,
24:08our “I say tomato; you say tomahto” routine.
24:12His skepticism is palpable. Still, he cooperates.
24:15I listen to his heart and lungs and write it all down:
24:18“Inspirational wheezes.”
24:22“Inspiratory wheezes,” says my preceptor.
24:25Still, she pardons me and my mittering of mitres, here on this cusp
24:29where the holy crown is strange again—
24:33Like that moment when, as a child, I opened the book The King Who Rained,
24:35and the king was floating in the sky and raining like clouds on a spring day,
24:39and Mother, sensing what was in her throat, opened her mouth,
24:43looked in the mirror, and saw the frog.
24:57Anna Reisman: Thank you so much,
24:58Mary.
25:03I think my favorite phrase in that is
25:04"inspirational wheezes."
25:07Speaker: Thank you.
25:08And thank you for having me.
25:14Anna Reisman: Our final student winner
25:17is Anna Vignola who will read her poem
25:19called "Human Anatomy."
25:21Speaker:
25:26Human Anatomy
25:27This must be what God felt
25:30the day he made Eve, cracking his knucklesbefore grabbing the bone saw.
25:34I’m sure he already knewwhat they told us—careful
25:38not to cut too deep and rememberthe edges will be sharp.
25:43It takes a long timeto dismantlea ribcage. But honestly,
25:45I can’t remember anythingexcept her fingers resting
25:48in the bag, long and loosely hung, nailscherry red. Her hand—
25:52elegant and terrifyingly still
25:55beckoning me to come closerto tell me what it really feels like
26:00to be God, to namethe unnamed things that hold
26:01us
26:02together, to remind me—cuttoo deep and you’ll ruin the heart.
26:12Anna Reisman: Thank you so much,
26:13Anna.
26:14Super powerful poem.
26:16Thank you,
26:17everybody,
26:24who took part in the poetry competition.
26:26We'll move on to Prose.
26:34First place in prose has been awarded
26:40to Gregory Shields for his piece
26:45"Ladies' Perfume and Airbag Dust."
26:47Second place to Alexandra Kimmel.
26:50Third place to Stephen Ghazikhanian,
26:51also from Yale School of Medicine,
26:57from his piece entitled "The Stalker."
27:03Honorable mentions are being awarded
27:04to Shiliu Wang,
27:07Callie Ginapp
27:13from Yale School of Medicine 2023,
27:14and finally,
27:19Mariko Fujimoto Rooks from the YYale
27:21School of Public Health.
27:25Our first reader will be Gregory Shields,
27:29who will read an excerpt from his piece.
27:31Speaker:
27:36Thank you.
27:37Good evening,
27:38everybody.
27:40My name is Gregory Shields.
27:43I'm a first-year PA student at Yale
27:44PA Online.
27:50The title of my entry is "Ladies
27:54Performe and Airbag Dust."
28:01It's based on a story I responded to
28:04when I was a first responder a few
28:06years back.
28:10Two girls were in a horrific car accident,
28:11and one girl survived.
28:18I selected an excerpt that I believe
28:20captures the most powerful scene.
28:24Our protagonist and narrator is Evan,
28:29grappling with the decision to
28:31pronounce his patient dead,
28:36or perform a very dangerous rescue.
28:39We'll start where he's crawling
28:41inside the vehicle.
28:46"In order to reach her,
28:50I had to crawl upside down.
29:04The haunting scent of lady's perfume
29:06and airbag dust.
29:10I leaned toward the passenger seat,
29:12and there she was.
29:17She was probably no older than 20.
29:20Her makeup was fresh,
29:26and despite the blood accumulating in
29:27both eye sockets,
29:31I could tell she was very pretty.
29:35Her arms hung limply as though she
29:40were a sleeping child being carried to
29:41bed by her father.
29:43"Jesus."
29:44I said.
29:53A dull pattering sound.
29:54Pat.
29:56Pat. Blood.
29:57I reached
30:04around to feel her skull.
30:07It was soft and lumpy,
30:14as no human skull should ever feel.
30:16"Jesus,"
30:18I said again.
30:22There was no movement to signify breathing.
30:27I pressed two fingers in the side of
30:30her neck to feel a pulse.
30:31There wasn't one.
30:35"Somebody throw me some ears."
30:36I called out.
30:42A stethoscope was place in my
30:43outstretched hand.
30:45I listened,
30:48but the only heartbeat I could hear
30:49was my own,
30:54as if it were attempting to beat for both of us.
30:58I had to make the call.
31:03My head knew she was dead,
31:07but my heart knew she was someone's
31:09baby girl.
31:10Somewhere,
31:16a mom and a dad had no idea she was
31:20hanging upside down with her head
31:21smashed in.
31:24She was someone's best friend,
31:26someone's sister.
31:30That's when it hit me.
31:33She could be the sister of the
31:37not-dead girl outside the vehicle.
31:41I closed my eyes and saw a college
31:44graduation that would never happen.
31:48A wedding dress that would never be word.
31:55A young mother cradling a baby that
31:57would never exist.
32:03I was about to sign the dotted line
32:07that would finalize the termination of
32:08all her story lines.
32:12Her story gets cut off right here in
32:13this moment.
32:16All of the unfinished scenes left on
32:19the editing floor,
32:23to be blown away like ashes in the wind."
32:25Thank you
32:26.
32:29Anna Reisman: Thank you so much.
32:33That's in the middle of the piece?
32:36Do you want to tell us what happens?
32:39Speaker: Yeah.
32:43This was originally part of a larger story.
32:47I think I wanted it to be part of a
32:49novel at some point.
32:52I was detailing a lot of my
32:54experiences as a paramedic.
32:55This was one chapter of that.
33:00There are different tones throughout
33:01the stories,
33:04which is the nature of EMS.
33:08There's some banter between him and
33:12his partner as they arrive at this
33:14chaotic scene.
33:17They're ribbing each other and
33:18they're casual,
33:22which is an interesting dynamic when
33:24there's chaos all around you,
33:27and these two guys are just doing their job.
33:32But I wanted to speak to the amount of
33:36emotional detachment required for that profession.
33:40I didn't have time to get to when I'm
33:43explaining how this is going to affect
33:45these people for the rest of their lives,
33:47but for me,
33:51it was about an hour of my shift,
33:54and then onto the next one.
33:57So that was the main idea that I
34:00wanted to push across with the story,
34:03and that's why I selected the part
34:04that I did.
34:07I think that was the most impactful
34:11moment that the entire story was
34:12centered around.
34:15Anna Reisman: Thank you.
34:21I think that excerpt did capture that
34:22juxtaposition of time.
34:29Anna Reisman: We'll hear next from our
34:32third-place Winne,
34:33Stephen Ghazikhanian,
34:38with his piece entitled "The Stalker."
34:41Speaker: Thank you for that
34:47introduction and the opportunity to read my piece.
34:53My short story begins with a woman in a dream.
34:58She's running in the dark woods being
35:01chased by her stalker.
35:04She's ultimately
35:10caught and the stalker reveals their
35:12obsession with her.
35:16When she opens her eyes,
35:22she noticed it was only a dream and is relieved.
35:27She turned towards her desk,
35:31and her humidifier hadn't even been
35:32turned on.
35:35There was a can of Pringles,
35:39a bag of Hot Cheetos,
35:41and some M&Ms.
35:47She's still in fight or flight.
35:54She took a nice,
35:57deep breath,
35:59calming her buzzing anxiousness.
36:02As she exhaled,
36:08the room filled with a pungent smell
36:09of cheap tequila.
36:12Filled with guilt,
36:19her head spun with thoughts that her
36:22vestibular system rushed to halt.
36:27She wished for a second that her
36:31mattress would simply envelope her,
36:34slowly draining her pain.
36:36Alas,
36:40there came a point at which the
36:42mattress fought back.
36:47She turned to her mirror,
36:49looking at her tangled,
36:51frizzy,
36:53dark brown main.
36:59She wished her yaya could braid them
37:01into order.
37:06If her yaya had seen how her littler
37:07Tasoula
37:11turned into this,
37:19she would be embraced in shame.
37:22"Fuck."
37:24She said.
37:29She reached out for a drink.
37:35Immediately after drinking the liquid,
37:37she felt shame.
37:42She didn't even know how she wound up
37:49curled in the fetal position under feet
37:50of blankets,
37:51clothes, and towels.
37:54"Come with me to a meeting,
37:56Tassi.
37:59They've helped me so much.
38:01They've changed my life."
38:06Nick was so full of shit.
38:10She went to those goddamn meetings.
38:15But the only thing that could change
38:20her life was some tequila.
38:23And it was waiting for her,
38:29lurking among the shelves in her kitchen.
38:31She would be so unassuming,
38:37opening the door for an ice pack.
38:42She's only 5'3" and 140 pounds.
38:45It can take her.
38:47And
38:49let's be real,
38:53she keeps it around the house.
38:55She's basically asking for it.
39:01She wanted to break free and return to
39:04how life used to be.
39:05And yet,
39:11she felt impending doom.
39:16The walls stared back,
39:18offering no advice.
39:20Paralyzed,
39:23she closed her eyes and
39:27wanted to drift back to the woods,
39:29where maybe,
39:32she could fight off the stalker.
39:33Thank you.
39:36Anna Reisman: Thank you,
39:37Steven.
39:40What inspired this story?
39:42Speaker:
39:44A lot of things.
39:46Many things.
39:51I would say I was doing a
39:58subI at the VA at Psych ER and hearing
40:00a lot of stories.
40:03And so I began to write.
40:06Anna Reisman: All right.
40:07So,
40:09really vivid details.
40:12I think you used all the senses.
40:17You really created a very convincing
40:20feeling that we were there with
40:25Anastasia in those moments.
40:26Thank you again.
40:27Congratulations.
40:29Speaker: Thank you.
40:35Anna Reisman: Our next Prose reader is
40:36Shiliu Wang.
40:41She will share her piece called "The Doorstep."
40:44Speaker: Hi everyone.
40:46My name is Shiliu Wang.
40:49I'm finishing up my first year.
40:53I've condensed my piece to fit the
40:55time constraints.
41:00"Nursing school second semester.
41:07What I'm thinking while sitting on a doorstep.
41:13I'm thinking about oxygen and
41:15nutrients keeping me a live,
41:18live,
41:20sustained,
41:21warm.
41:24I'm thinking about my brain,
41:29and how it sends lightning-like
41:36signals instructing my body to shiver.
41:39I'm thinking about how cold I am
41:41right now.
41:44How it releases sugar,
41:50and how that sugar corrodes the inner
41:52lining of blood vessels.
42:01I looked at my papers attached to my clipboard,
42:07to find the name of the person whose
42:12door I just knocked on: Jamie.
42:14I think about racism,
42:21and how it makes a never-ending stress level,
42:26which corrodes the blood vessels.
42:32I hear the fear rising in her voice
42:33when she calls me,
42:38asking me to translate a document from
42:44English into mandarin.
42:46I cough,
42:51thinking about the chronic
42:54constriction of the airways.
42:58I think about how dense populations
43:05of BIPOC communities endure the highest
43:07rates of average of the country,
43:13and are the highest-brutalized by COVID-19.
43:18They're 75% more likely to breathe in
43:23the putrid air of landfills,
43:24highways.
43:29I'm thinking about the poor people in
43:32the richest country in the world,
43:37making decisions like "do I go to my
43:40doctor's appointment or go to work?"
43:51My own family faced many of these constrained choices.
43:57I knock again.
44:02I think about what I'll say if they
44:03answer the door.
44:06I'm thinking about why I'm standing
44:09outside a complete stranger's apartment,
44:14asking them if they want to be
44:18connected to rental assistance progressum.
44:21rograms.
44:25I think about how all our liberation
44:27is bound together.
44:29I think about how sick our society
44:33has to be to evict people in the middle
44:37of winter in the middle of a pandemic.
44:42I think about why we get to decide
44:44who and what is normal.
44:48I think about normalcy and how it
44:49decides which bodies are expandable.
44:56I think about how health care workers
44:58see themselves as organizers,
45:00etc.
45:06I think about modeling this to students
45:07and how if,
45:12alongside learning how to treat,
45:18we learn how to dismantle these root
45:20causes of why people are sick in the first place.
45:25I hear steps approaching the door.
45:27I can't feel my fingers,
45:31but I can feel the resilience of
45:33communities of color,
45:34of my
45:40leading us toward a more liberated and
45:41just future.
45:45I can feel that my commitment to care
45:52for others is refuting the systems that
45:55got us here: patriarchy,
45:57neoliberalism,
45:58and more.
46:02I know that making a better future
46:08for all means we make seismic shifts.
46:09The door opens,
46:11and we begin.
46:13Thank you.
46:17Anna Reisman: That was great.
46:18Thank you.
46:21So much happened on this doorstep.
46:24I'm imagining this really happened,
46:28and when you got home,
46:29you wrote it all down.
46:33I got the sense you weren't on that
46:34doorstep for that long,
46:38but nonetheless all of that went
46:39through your head.
46:43The repetition was very powerful.
46:44Nicely done.
46:46Speaker: Thank you
46:47Anna Reisman: So,
46:51will you tell us what you had to cut out?
46:56Was it more "I'm thinking abouts?"
47:01Speaker: It was the transition from
47:04"I'm thinking about" to "I'm feeling."
47:05But most of it was intact.
47:08Anna Reisman: OK.
47:09Thank you.
47:11Super powerful.
47:15And so we are coming to the end.
47:17We will finish with Simone Hasselmo
47:20's second piece,
47:24entitled "First Spring.
47:32" It's all yours again.
47:34Speaker: OK.
47:37If I could share my screen again.
47:49So now,
47:54I'm going to be reading an excerpt
47:59from a piece I wrote just after
48:03clerkships were canceled last year due
48:04to COVID-19.
48:06This is part of a longer piece,
48:07but starting
48:12basically the day before students are
48:15told not to report to the hospital anymore.
48:19[Student reading: Top left panel ]
48:41[Student reading: "Though his wife had . . . "]
48:50[Student reading: "A quick perusal . . .
48:51"]
48:56[Student reading: " We put in a call . . . "]
49:04[Student reading: Top right.]
49:17[Student reading: "I think we breathed . . . "]
49:27[Student reading: Top left.]
49:36[Student reading: Top right.]
49:46[Student reading: Top left.]
49:51[Student reading: Bottom left.]
50:01[Student reading: Top right.]
50:11[Student reading: Middle right.]
50:25[Student reading: Bottom right.]
50:30[Student reading: Top left.]
50:38left.]
50:40[Student]
50:41right side.]
50:49[Student reading: Right side.]
51:19[Student reading: Top left.]
51:27[Student reading: Bottom left.]
51:47[Student reading: Top right.]
52:08[Student reading:
52:11Panels.]
52:14Thank you.
52:24Anna Reisman: Thank you,
52:26Simone.
52:29We kind of lost you at the end.
52:32But such a powerful piece from a time
52:36that seems already long ago and just like yesterday.
52:41Do you just want to say what happens in
52:42the rest of that,
52:44where you didn't have time to read?
52:47Speaker: Sure.
52:51I read the second half of the piece.
52:56The first half moves from normalcy to
53:01people quickly realizing that it's not sustainable.
53:08And it goes through the first case,
53:14or the first COVID rule-out case a the hospital,
53:17where I had my clerkship at the time,
53:20where I was actually the person
53:23running the samples back and forth
53:30between the patient and the lab and my team.
53:34I got to be a part of the chaos on
53:35the ground level, so.
53:37Anna Reisman: Thank you so much.
53:40That brings us to the end.
53:45Thank you to all of the judges,
53:47and thank you to all of the winners
53:49who participated today.
53:52And thank you to all of the students
53:53who submitted.
53:54There was fine,
54:00outstanding work submitted to this contest.
54:04Thank you to those who listened tonight.
54:07This was a terrific year.