Technology
Once upon a time, in distant land, / we’d write down patient information with a pen in our hand.
Art & Poetry in Medicine
Resident Physician Contributing Writer
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dustin is a PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Light Upon the Waves
The waves beat; / a cold, relentless torrent. / You stand against them / taking the impact
Humor
Humor… / it’s what saves me / keeps me from dying inside
ON
Lunch hour on a Thursday
in the skies above
Windy City
The Old Man in Bed 3
Medical alert, paged — STAT to Bed 3 / The nurse comes a runnin’ — we need an MD!
Screening: A Haiku
A haiku about screening for colon cancer.
Thy Sweet Practiser
When do-sed dram or weigh-ted dusts / no remedy impart
Parting Soon
How do you enjoy that / Which will be gone — sooner than someday?
“Compassion”
“Compassion” / A pale moon hangs above / The workroom clock reads six, but / Is it day or night?
Scar
His mother asks whether or not there will be a scar. I tell her yes. We’ll do our best to make it small, but there will be a scar.
MICU Poem
Easter Sunday, intern year / MICU long-call consult resident / 41-year-old female
To Preside
Shrouded in a plastic blanket / Raising the temperature of your / Frail limbs and famished core
Resident Physician Contributing Writer
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Dominic Decker is an English major at heart now training in internal medicine. He completed a master's degree in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, attended the University of Minnesota Medical School, and is in residency at Brown University.