From The Editors
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FROM THE EDITORS This year, our hope was to increase the presence of The Muse in the community. Though many may see The Muse as simply a writing or journaling initiative, it is much more. We believe that The Muse can serve as a platform for the various stories in healthcare. In this way, we can all instigate change and explore the issues and successes of healthcare today. By continuing to build upon the hard work and successes of our predecessors, we hope to faithfully serve the unique stories and perspecear Reader, tives of patients, families, and healthcare pracWe are pleased to celebrate the tenth edition titioners around the world. of The Muse alongside the beginning of a new year and a new decade. This issue’s theme "Per- We would like to give a big thank you to our spectives" was selected to celebrate the various faculty advisor, Dr. Ellen Amster, for her guidcultures, thoughts and experiences that have ance and support when starting out this posishaped the minds of people around the world. tion, and to all of the members of The Muse We hoped to explore stories and ideas that em- for welcoming us and working even harder body resiliency, creativity, strength, and the than before to make this issue possible. Furthermore, we thank you, our contributors who best of what makes us human. have beautifully illustrated with words their This was our first year as Editors-in-Chief for stories and experiences. And last but not least, The Muse, and it was truly an experience that to our readers, whom this would not be possichanged our perspective. We were humbled by ble without: thank you!
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the hard work of everyone on the team as well as courage of many to share the stories and ex- Best regards, periences that shaped who they are today. Samuel and Shamir
The Muse ¡ Issue 10
