“Journeying in Medicine,” Part 4

The Medical Humanities Society at Des Moines University presents its second online arts gallery, โ€œJourneying in Medicine.โ€ It features art works and the written word by DMU students depicting their own path to and through medicine.

Gallery curators are Caitlin Descovich Oโ€™Hare, a second-year osteopathic medical student, and Charles Gaccione, a first-year osteopathic medical student. They are executive officers of the Medical Humanities Society. Caitlin and Melanie Kim, a first-year osteopathic medical student also pursuing her master’s degree in public health at DMU, are contributors for this installment of the gallery.

Photos: Caitlin Descovich O’Hare

Caitlin Descovich O’Hare – in her own words: These are a few pictures from a trip to Utah I took after completing my first year of medical school at DMU.

Caitlin, continued: Medical school was certainly challenging and not without its ups and downs – I felt very accomplished after the first year. This trip was a wonderful way to celebrate and to be with my family again!

Also, a quick watercolor that I did of the Delicate Arch after I watched the sun set at the arch:

 

Caitlin Descovich O’Hare – in her own words: These are some of my sculptures from over the years. I started working with clay when I was younger, and once I started college I was able to focus more on figure sculpture when I minored in art. Working with my hands has always been a way for me to relax, and I love the idea of making something from nothing. Once I started doing more figure sculpture, I had to study the body and it helped fuel my passion for medicine!

 



 

Melanie Kim – in her own words: I was inspired by a meditation prior to my first test in medical school.

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