Charles Yi. The learning never ends. It’s a delicate balance of reading between the lines, understanding the choice of words, questioning the intended audience, and maintaining skepticism.

Jacqueline Chipkin I have seen them with their patients, and their endless curiosity, humility, compassion, resilience, and bravery inspire me every day. I know they are ready, and if that’s true, perhaps I am as well.

Kathryn Maier. My answer is a simple one, I am a doctor and that is what I do. I take care of people no matter what. I treat them no matter what their illness is.

An anonymous second year medical student. So close to being real doctors–finally. So close to being able to make a difference in the health of others, like we’ve dreamed about. And so close to being useful and not helpless.

Megan Hansen. Meg was at the epicenter of everything wrong with American medicine, and I would later tell her story to family and friends as I railed against the pharmaceutical industry, against a profit model of healthcare, against opponents of harm reduction.

Emilee Herringshaw. For the long run. The war comprised of a series of battles. Each of which are fought with knowledge, experience, rationale and then some medicine.

Iha Kaul. Until this last year, I was relatively free from the burden of recognizing the potential of human suffering that is inherent with even the smallest physical symptom.

Michael Hirsch. I have never felt that I was anywhere as tough as my parents, so for better or worse I decided to challenge myself to handle a visit to a place where only ghosts could harm me.

Hugh Silk. I am certain many of us are physicians because we love people…Sure, we are interested in the science and the challenge of a diagnosis, but one does not do this for twenty years without the story.