The Medical Student and the Heart Murmur She Couldn't Hear
Dr. Maria Chen still remembers her first week of clinical rotations at Johns Hopkins in 2019. Her attending physician, Dr. Hadley, placed a stethoscope against...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Samuel 3:1-10.
Dr. Maria Chen still remembers her first week of clinical rotations at Johns Hopkins in 2019. Her attending physician, Dr. Hadley, placed a stethoscope against a patient's chest and asked, "What do you hear?" Maria listened hard. She heard a heartbeat — steady, rhythmic, unremarkable. "Sounds normal," she said. Dr. Hadley shook his head. "Listen again." Normal. She tried a third time, and Dr.…
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