“My most recent selective was in Art and Medicine. I have always had a passion for the arts, so I proposed this selective to explore how I can pursue this interest in my future career as a physician. I shadowed artists with the Art at the Bedside program, visiting patient rooms in the Department of Hematology and bringing supplies for watercolor, drawing, and sculpture. I spent time volunteering with the Free Arts program in Minneapolis, which brings visual art activities to children with behavioral and emotional problems, and the PossAbilities art program, which gives adults with developmental disorders an opportunity to produce fine art. Throughout the selective, I also worked on an individual art project reflecting on my experience as both an artist and medical student to be presented to the Humanities in Medicine Committee.”
—Mayo Clinic School of Medicine student