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Sandwiches, 6 Feet Apart: Reflections on Community (and Medical School) During COVID-19
Margaret Fessler and colleagues
Background In this essay, four University of Michigan Medical School students write about being removed from their clinical clerkships and returning to the community to support their neighbors experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What This Study Found The students talk about their experiences making brown bag lunches for people experiencing homelessness and their work as community volunteers for temporary shelters.
Implications
Fessler et al write that though formal education was stalled, they reconnected with the initial desire that led them to pursue medical education in the first place and developed key skills in communication, relating to others, and compassion that they believe will enable them to become better physicians in the future.
