Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Students Share What Thanksgiving Means to Them
The medical students from the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University talked about what Thanksgiving meant to them and how they celebrated.
Thanksgiving is a time for gathering and celebrating traditions with loved ones.
Marisa Fat, MS1 at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU, said Thanksgiving is a time for reflection.
“The most important thing about Thanksgiving is being thankful for what you have,” she said. “Thanksgiving means being grateful for anything you have, big or small.”
What is she most grateful for this year?
“I am thankful for so many things, but if I had to limit it, first and foremost would be my family,” she said. “I’m also really thankful to be at a medical school that truly does care about its students.”
Second-year medical student Simar Goyal said Thanksgiving is the one day “where you learn to respect and be grateful for everything that is going on in your life and for all the little things when nothing is going right.”
“Every day in clinic, I am thankful for patients opening up to me, for patients trusting me, and the connection I get to build with the community members, classmates, as well as my faculty and mentors,” said Sofia Olsson, MS3. “I am thankful for so many things. But I am tremendously thankful to be here, and for the opportunity to serve others and be a physician.”
