“Am I deserving of this? Am I really learning enough? This person who didn’t even know me, gave me the last gift they had to give, I have to make it worth it, I have to learn every detail, and become a doctor with this knowledge, with this experience, and help patients for years to come! They’re giving the gift of medicine to hundreds, thousands of others. That can only be paid forward. ...and I can donate my own body. Then I’ll have settled my debts to this man once and for all.” – Excerpted from My Body by Eric Coble (medical student speaking to cadaver) and based on the writings of Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Class of 2015
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