Issue 27 - Spring 2026

By: The 2025–2026 CMRs

It is hard to believe the academic year is coming to an end. It feels like it just started, and only now, just as we are finally settling into our roles and finding some semblance of a rhythm, we are preparing to hand the reins off to the next group of chiefs and step into an entirely new set of roles come July 1.

By: Cole Kennum, PGY-1

Aletheia (ἀλήθεια) is the Greek word translated as “truth” or “disclosure.” The term ἀλήθεια features prominently on the old seal of the University of Alabama School of Medicine.

By: Shereen Farooq, PGY-1

Intern year is busy. Perhaps the understatement of the century, but the fact remains true: Intern year is busy. From pre-charting and pre-rounding to rounding, placing orders, calling consults, completing discharges, updating families, attending conferences and writing notes, it often feels like there’s no time to catch your breath. Amid this whirlwind, it can seem almost impossible to build meaningful relationships with patients. 

By: Buddy Gardner, PGY-1

Leo Tolstoy was a prominent Russian author in the 19th century who is commonly regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. In 1886, he wrote a novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, which is a fictional first-person narrated account of a man’s injury and slow spiral of terminal illness toward death. This article serves not to recount the events of the novella, but rather to outline some of its themes and how they relate to working in medicine.

By: Daniel Cooper, PGY-3

I furrowed my brow at the red letters stating that my artificial intelligence (AI) clinical tool was experiencing high volume. Surely my simple query — “Should the emergency department have started this patient on vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam?” — should be enough for the iota of computing power it needs to process.

By: Jackson Carlyle, PGY-1

There is a certain randomness to how disease impacts the world around us. There is also a certain disorder in the health care system that is easily ignored amid incredible accomplishment.