Episode 2: Finding Meaning

Many of the poemees we listened to were actively engaged in the creative process of making meaning during the stressful and often chaotic world of COVID-19. Physicians spoke of finding ways to keep treating patients whose prognosis was not good. They also shared the challenge of moving forward following the death of a patient. Medical educators often wondered whether their actions were making the impact that they hoped--especially during the fast pivot to remote learning in the early days of the pandemic. And many Poemees found themselves dealing with their own personal losses as a backdrop to losses they faced on the job.