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‘INCREDIBLY PROUD’:
THE CHAPMAN REPORT
The name Chapman has come to represent the ideal of
humanism in medicine. Each year, thanks to continuous gifts
from the Jules B. Chapman, M.D. and Annie Lou Chapman
Private Foundation, there are new stories to tell about
humanism on display at the College of Medicine.
In
, for example,
Hartwell Cronin Leonard Carbono Laryea
Cudjoe Mason Dennison Inkel Adams
more students received Chapman
Humanism Scholarships. The latest recipients are Nick
Adams two-time recipient , Jordan Carbono, Conor
Cronin, Efe Cudjoe and Casey Mason all Class of
and Elizabeth Dennison, Shelby Hartwell, Maurice Inkel,
Richmond Laryea and Joey Leonard all Class of
.
I m incredibly proud of this, said Professor Robert
Watson, trustee of the foundation. To the best of my I ve had so many senior students tell me it was the best
knowledge, it is a uni ue scholarship. Five first-year educational experience they had in medical school, Watson said.
students and five second-year students, chosen solely for
the humanistic ualities that they ve exhibited
such as
Those programs are just the tip of the Chapman iceberg.
In addition, there s a
,
Chapman Humanism
age would-be physicians and for med students who travel
there for multicultural experiences.
Watson can t wait to see where the students humanism
ideas lead them next.
compassion and empathy. And the second uni ue thing Fund endowment, ready to bring new community-serving The Chapman Foundation has given me incredible
is they re chosen primarily by the standardized patients projects to life. There s a separate new Humanities & Arts mentors that showed the true meaning of compassion,
those whose role is to portray medical symptoms, to help in Medicine Program, which hopes to have a Chapman kindness and empathy in medicine, said Mason, formerly
students sharpen their skills in patient care. Memorial Garden in place by the end of executive director of the Chapman Community Health
Another Chapman project that continues to bear fruit is
the Chapman Community Health Program, through which
students have formed a partnership with residents of the
and which
will continue to support HEAL, the longtime journal that Program. It has given me friendships with community
celebrates Humanism Evolving through Arts and Literature. members and classmates alike that continue to teach me
Money from the foundation also pays for the white coats perseverance and generosity. Every day in clinic, I wear my
Maryland Oaks Crossing community. Past successes include that first-year med students receive, to introduce them to Chapman Community Health Program pin as a badge of honor
monthly health screenings, smoking-cessation workshops, a the healing profession. And it helps support learning in the on my white coat, and as a continual reminder to practice these
community garden and food pantry, and regular social activities. migrant-rich community of Immokalee, both for high-school- humanistic values with every person I encounter.