October 2022 Issue
Prompt: "Decisions"
We make decisions every day. Some are small—what to wear, what to eat, what time to go to sleep. But some decisions are larger—a career choice, a new city to live in, the friends we choose to keep as we grow. For the October 2022 issue, we are looking for submissions reflecting on decisions that have been the most impactful to you. What made them so meaningful, and how did they affect you moving forward? In hindsight, what would you have done?
Up in the Air Decisions
Background photo by Carl Söderberg
A Season of Decisions: Finding a Home
Background photo by Michael Barón
Fear of Failure: Motivation or Curse?
Background photo by Didssph
The Decision to Persist
Background photo by Phil Hearing
Mental Health in Medical Education
Background photo by Tom van Merrienboer
An Unconquerable Soul
Background photo by Joshua Earle
Natchez Trace
Background photo by Yousef Espanioly
Breathing Underwater
Background photo by Sharon Pittaway
Decisions
Background photo by Tara Scahill
Fruit
Background photo by Anita Jankovic
*Accompanying artwork/photographs were selected by the design editors
Synapse Board Members
Thomas Nguyen Chairman
Rahul Tharoor Senior Acquisitions Editor Matthew Anaya Acquisitions Editor Ahad Azimuddin Senior Copy Editor Alexandra Powell Senior Copy Editor Roger Garcia Senior Copy Editor Arthi Tarugu Copy Editor Amelia Khoo Copy Editor
Lena Ayari Managing Editor
Sarah Elmer Senior Staff Writer Cerci Hammons Senior Design Editor Ksenia Vlassova Senior Design Editor Nicholas Tan Graphic Designer Christian Encarnacion Senior Social Media Manager Sunitha Konatham Social Media Manager
submit to us!
Share your work with the Texas A&M medical school
community. Please email us at COM-synapse@tamhsc.edu to submit work, make suggestions, or ask questions. We
are looking forward to hearing from you!
thank you:
A special thanks to ...
Dr. Karen Wakefield for being our faculty editor, and
Dr. Barbara Gastel for serving as editorial mentor.
The Synapse is sponsored by the Department of Humanities in Medicine at the Texas A&M University School of Medicine.