Introduction: As a follow-up to last week's piece from a mentee of mine about feeling valued during clerkship, I offer you another piece.

This time the reflection is very much about family medicine and the effect that our example in our department can have on learners. Alex Lo, UMass Chan '25, is also someone I am honoured to mentor in Blackstone House. He is a MassAHEC Urban Health Scholar and going into Family Medicine. He writes here about his time at Hahnemann Family Health Center and how his experience resonated with the same values he expressed when he applied to medical school. As a former member of the faculty at Hahnemann, it does not surprise me at all.