No Mud, No Lotus by Soojin Jun

I had been meaning to paint a jacket for the Walking Gallery, established by patient advocate Regina Holliday, because she invited other artists to paint jackets for the Gallery. Regina had painted my jacket, and I was part of the Gallery in that way. I was inspired to paint after attending the Telluride Experience where I met other patient advocates who shared their stories for the medical and nursing student attendees. Many people, like myself, dedicate themselves to patient advocacy because they have lost a loved one to medical error, or experienced harm themselves.

Soojin Jun is a pharmacist who is passionate about patient safety, empathy in healthcare, health equity, and bringing voiceless patient experiences to the conversations of healthcare innovation. Being a patient-safety and quality-improvement fanatic, she is learning skills and seeking ways to bring better communication to healthcare because she feels with most problems in healthcare, whether it is teamwork, patient-provider relationships, patient and AI, and interprofessional relationships, communication is the key!