Introduction: I am grateful to my mentee Suhasini Gupta, UMass Chan MS '25, who agreed to have me share her recent reflection from a session we do annually with 3rd years. The prompt asks students to reflect at the end of their clerkships on a time when they felt they were valued or added value; as part of the exercise, they are asked to re-read their medical school application essay (we send it to them) and review last year's Class Oath to help them also comment on how medial school experiences are shaping their values. Suhasini plans to go into orthopedics. Clearly the values she exemplifies in this essay will make her a very special orthopod indeed. And her reflection was a reminder for me to revisit again - why did I go into this wonderful profession? Oh yes - the patients!