The Full Story
Why Vitals
Medicine is made of people, and it's time we focused on more than just the numbers
Mission
Vitals is a student-led narrative medicine project that bridges clinical experience to the voices behind it. Through storytelling, dialogues, and reflection, we seek to create a space for connection, vulnerability, and truth in medicine.
From the quiet of The Waiting Room to the loudness of the medical journey, we listen and highlight what lies beyond the surface- what future physicians fear, what is holding back that pre-medical student from pursuing this path, what patients remember, what inspires the perseverance down the road, and what healing truly looks like.
Vitals is a space for what usually goes unspoken. We collect the truths that reveal the heartbeat of healthcare.
Vision
This is the beginning of a larger goal.
We're building a living archive- starting with written stories, but eventually growing to audio reflections and themed series from around the world.
Each week, we will feature stories that moved us in "This Week's Pulse" and amplify the voices of people across the medical journey.
Long-term, our goal is to create space for underrepresented voices and partner with global communities to reclaim dignity through story.
The Founder
My name is Uchechi Geld Ibewuike
I am originally from Nigeria and moved to the US at a young age. I currently attend Williams College, where I study Economics and Neuroscience on the pre-med track.
I started Vitals after reflecting on my medical journey so far. As a patient transporter - moving through hospital hallways filled with monitors, groans, goodbyes, and a constant beeping reminding me of the struggle to live. I saw grief up close, but somewhere along the way, I stopped feeling it.
Death became routine. Pain became background noise. I thought it was strength and growth, but it wasn't- it was detachment.
Vitals is my way back. A way to remember that every stretcher carries a story, and every silence has a heartbeat behind it.
This project is more than simple posts to me; these stories aren't numbers. They're people and they deserve to be heard.
