The Hippocratic Society exists to form and sustain clinicians in the practice and pursuit of good medicine.
The Hippocratic Society is a community of clinicians, trainees, and students who are committed to developing the virtues that characterize a good medical practitioner in order to fulfill their profession and serve their patient's genuine good.
What does it mean to flourish when illness changes our abilities? Medical student Hudson Baker explores how relationships shape human well-being and why this matters for medicine. Through philosophy and clinical examples, he considers disability, dementia, end-of-life care, and the patient–physician relationship, offering a vision of care grounded in connection, dignity, and accompaniment.
What does hope look like when cure is no longer possible? In Hope at the Bedside: Care Beyond Cure, Brazilian medical students Lucas and Mariana explore hope as a virtue between despair and wishful thinking. Drawing on philosophy and the patient–physician relationship, they consider how honest communication, compassionate presence, and attention to dignity can sustain meaningful care, even at the end of life.
In this episode of the Hippocratic Society Podcast, Dr. Meg Chisholm, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a certified Visual Thinking Strategies facilitator, joins Dr. Khalid ElZamzamy, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins. Together, they explore how art can deepen reflection, strengthen community, and support the cultivation of virtue in medicine.
