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Expression in Medicine Scholarship

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$850
1 winner$850
Awarded
Application Deadline
Dec 2, 2024
Winners Announced
Jan 2, 2025
Education Level
Undergraduate
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Eligibility Requirements
Education Level:
Undergraduate student
Field of Study:
Healthcare
Background:
Believes in the importance of free expression
Education Level:
Field of Study:
Background:
Undergraduate student
Healthcare
Believes in the importance of free expression

Free expression allows healthcare professionals to share research findings, clinical experiences, and new ideas with their peers and their patients. 

This exchange of information is essential for scientific progress, innovation, and improving patient care. Physicians and other healthcare professionals need the freedom to discuss ethical concerns, question established practices, and advocate for patient rights in order to provide the best care possible. This openness ensures that medical practice remains patient-centered and ethically sound. 

This scholarship seeks to ensure that the next generation of healthcare providers are stalwart guardians of the principles of free expression.

Any undergraduate student pursuing the healthcare field may apply for this scholarship opportunity if they’re committed to defending free expression.

To apply, write a short essay in response to the prompt below.

Selection Criteria:
Honesty, Responsibility, Truth
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Published August 26, 2024
$850
1 winner$850
Awarded
Application Deadline
Dec 2, 2024
Winners Announced
Jan 2, 2025
Education Level
Undergraduate
1
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Essay Topic

Why is free expression an important ideal in medicine? How can individuals within the medical field help protect and bolster it? Because AI writing models may be effective tools for expression, their use is permitted. However, recipients will be selected for the quality and originality of their ideas, not strength of prose. Submissions should be no more than 500 words.


“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche.

100–500 words

Winners and Finalists

January 2025

Winners
Malia Hansen
Brigham Young University-Provo
South Jordan, UT
Finalists
Murphy Andrews
Appalachian State University
Winston Salem, NC

Winning Application

Malia Hansen
Brigham Young University-ProvoSouth Jordan, UT
Free expression is a diminishing privilege in the field of medicine. As a health care provider, you are expected to prescribe and treat your patients as promoted by the majority. As for the patient, you are supposed to agree with whatever is prescribed and avoid having opinions in regard to treatment. Both sides are equally damaging and have created an environment that is incapable of change or progress. I have personally experienced this in doctors' appointments, education, and expressing my own opinions in relation to medicine. For this reason, I look to approach healthcare with a more holistic view to protect this freedom of expression I value. I grew up in a home where discussions around the dinner table usually consisted of questions as diverse as how viruses are different than bacteria or how morphine would affect my aging grandpa. These questions were fielded at my Dad who would patiently explain the answers based on his knowledge after many years in the medical field. I found that the basic answers never appeased my curiosity, and I was always striving to learn the why. This environment nurtured my desire to not just believe the newest medical fad, but to instead understand and have my own opinion. I believe you must educate yourself so that you can open the doors for others to also have opinions. All it takes is one person who is brave enough to express their opinion, for others to have the courage to do so as well. I plan on being that person. There is never just one right way to live healthily, and it is so important that we protect this freedom of expression for others. As a nursing school student, I plan on carrying this mindset with me through school and after I graduate so that I can enable others to do the same. Thank you for this opportunity to apply for the Expression in Medicine scholarship! I recognize that in order to make a difference in health care, I will need support along the way.

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The application deadline is Dec 2, 2024. Winners will be announced on Jan 2, 2025.

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Award amounts per winner are designated by the donor. Check the award amount for a detailed breakdown.

When will the scholarship winner be chosen? How will they be notified?

The winner will be publicly announced on Jan 2, 2025. Prior to the announcement date, we may contact finalists with additional questions about their application. We will work with donors to review all applications according to the scholarship criteria. Winners will be chosen based on the merit of their application.

How will the scholarship award be paid?

Award checks will be sent to the financial aid office of the winner's academic institution in their name to be applied to their tuition, and in the name of their institution (depending on the school's requirements). If the award is for a qualified educational non-tuition expense, we will work with the winner directly to distribute the award and make sure it goes towards qualified expenses.

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