Rounds
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.
Please note that responses may be edited for length or clarity. We may contact you if we need to clarify some information or to ensure that the response(s) were indeed submitted by you.
Questions? Email us at hmsalum@hms.harvard.edu or call 617-384-8520.
Read Responses
If you took time off before or during your years as an HMS student, how did you spend that time?
Read responses
How has the oath you took during your first days in medical school influenced your practice of medicine?
Read responses
Which scientific or medical development has excited you the most during your career?
Read responses
What skills would you recommend clinicians start learning today to be better prepared for tomorrow?
Read Reponses
What book has had a profound influence on you, professionally or otherwise? Why and how?
Read responses
When you were a student at HMS, what were your favorite places to study, and why?
Read Responses
Which of your clinical rotations made the greatest impression on you?
Read Responses
What do you remember about your first patient encounter?
Read Responses
How did receiving help with the costs of medical school assist you while you were a student and afterward?
Read Responses
What surprised you about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected health care in the United States?
Read Responses
Did you participate in club or intramural sports while you were in medical school?
Read Responses
Did you play an instrument or sing while you were in medical school?
Read Responses
What were your thoughts when you first put on your white coat?
Read responses
What advice would you give to a physician who may be experiencing burnout?
Read responses
How does being a doctor bring you joy?
Read responses
Who was your mentor when you were an HMS student, and how did that person’s advice guide you?
Read responses
What would you tell someone who asks you if they should become a doctor?