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Share your memories and insights for Harvard Medicine magazine.

Select questions and their responses will run in the print issues, while others will be part of the magazine’s web-exclusive content.

Complete the form below. Answer one or all

Name
Name at graduation if different
Class Year
Phone
When you were a student at HMS, where were your favorite places to study, and why?
 
How have the public conversations on systemic racism and implicit bias affected how you interact with patients and colleagues? (If you’d prefer to remain anonymous, indicate this with your response and we will include only your class year.)
 
What book has had a profound influence on you, professionally or otherwise? Why and how?
 
How would you most like others to remember you as a physician?
 
What skills would you recommend clinicians start learning today to be better prepared for tomorrow?
 
How has the oath you took during your first days in medical school influenced your practice of medicine?
 
Which scientific or medical development has excited you the most during your career?
 
If you took time off before or during your years as an HMS student, how did you spend that time?
 

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Questions? Email us at hmsalum@hms.harvard.edu or call 617-384-8520.

Spring 2021

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What do you remember about your first patient encounter?

Winter 2021

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How did receiving help with the costs of medical school assist you while you were a student and afterward?

Winter 2021

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What surprised you about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected health care in the United States?

Autumn 2020

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Did you participate in club or intramural sports while you were in medical school?

Spring 2020

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Did you play an instrument or sing while you were in medical school?

Winter 2020

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What were your thoughts when you first put on your white coat?

Autumn 2019

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What advice would you give to a physician who may be experiencing burnout?

Spring 2019

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How does being a doctor bring you joy?

Spring 2018

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Who was your mentor when you were an HMS student, and how did that person’s advice guide you?

Autumn 2018

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What would you tell someone who asks you if they should become a doctor?