Murmurs: Stories from our Journey in Medicine

Divya Bhatia, Qiuwei Yang, Dr. Hugh Silk
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Murmurs: Stories from our Journey in Medicine

This narrative medicine podcast explores how health providers and trainees think about their experiences in medicine. Not about how they make diagnoses, but how they relate to their patients and what makes them tick. Each episode interviews someone from UMass Medical School who has written a poem or essay to learn about them and their reflection. We hope this podcast inspires others to become more reflective practitioners as well. Reach us at murmursumassmed@gmail.com. We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey (https://forms.gle/fB4XgVZuMwaDoSzm7).

  1. Goodbye Season 2, and Thank You!

    01/10/2022

    Goodbye Season 2, and Thank You!

    Hi, this is Qiuwei. A huge thank you to all of our listeners for joining us for our second season of Murmurs: Stories from Our Journey in Medicine. We are collecting anonymous feedback from our listeners  - please see the linked form in the description. We would be immensely grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to fill it out. If you're interested in joining the Murmurs team, or if you would like to share your own work, please contact us at murmursumassmed@gmail.com. That's murmursumassmed@gmail.com. Thank you for listening, and we hope to see you all again soon with a Season 3. Listener survey can be found here: https://forms.gle/sjktzDko2Frda1d4A

    1 min
  2. Hiya: Saving Face, Anxiety, and Asian-Americans

    01/03/2022

    Hiya: Saving Face, Anxiety, and Asian-Americans

    Qiuwei Yang ('22) and Laël Ngangmeni ('23, MD/PhD) are joined by family physician Dr. Henry Del Rosario to discuss an interesting experience at a car dealership, as well as how his creative side and his faith impact his perspectives on healing. Recorded October 2021.  Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37384

    36 min
  3. Julie

    12/27/2021

    Julie

    Laël Ngangmeni ('23, MD/PhD) and Jesse Sardell ('24) are joined by Sara Wang ('24) for a discussion on how to tell stories from a patient's perspective, as well as what medical students should consider when they meet a patient for the first time. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37383

    19 min
  4. An Appreciative Inquiry Narrative

    12/20/2021

    An Appreciative Inquiry Narrative

    Laël Ngangmeni ('23, MD/PhD) and Dr. Hugh Silk are joined by Ken Peterson, a family nurse practitioner and assistant professor in the Graduate School of Nursing, to reflect on his experience as a nurse during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Recorded August 2021. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37382

    26 min
  5. People and Places

    12/13/2021

    People and Places

    Dr. Hugh Silk and Jesse Sardell ('24) are joined by Mina Botros ('24) to hear about his experience meeting people -- both similar and quite different from himself -- as he got involved with vaccination efforts early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37381

    29 min
  6. Check Engine Light

    12/06/2021

    Check Engine Light

    Qiuwei Yang ('22) and Jesse Sardell ('24) are joined by pediatrician Dr. Heather Finlay-Morreale to discuss her experience of being diagnosed with a chronic illness and how that has influenced the way she cares for her own patients. Recorded April 2021. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37380

    32 min
  7. Reflections on a Visit to Holland

    11/29/2021

    Reflections on a Visit to Holland

    Dr. Divya Bhatia ('21) and Dr. Hugh Silk are joined by pediatric surgeon Dr. Michael Hirsh to talk about a trip to Holland and visiting the Westerbork transit camp. Recorded April 2021. Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37392

    32 min
  8. Welcome to Season 2!

    SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Welcome to Season 2!

    Join us for Season 2 of Murmurs: Stories from our Journey in Medicine. We'll be featuring new voices from the UMass (now UMass Chan) community. First episode premieres Monday, November 22nd with new episodes weekly! Transcript available here: https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/handle/20.500.14038/37391

    2 min
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This narrative medicine podcast explores how health providers and trainees think about their experiences in medicine. Not about how they make diagnoses, but how they relate to their patients and what makes them tick. Each episode interviews someone from UMass Medical School who has written a poem or essay to learn about them and their reflection. We hope this podcast inspires others to become more reflective practitioners as well. Reach us at murmursumassmed@gmail.com. We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey (https://forms.gle/fB4XgVZuMwaDoSzm7).

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