As regulatory and technological forces increasingly impact bedside care, some clinical educators have raised the concern that altruism in medicine, one of the core pillars of the physician-patient relationship, if not dying, is at least threatened.1 Decreasing altruism may reflect the diminished empathy, compassion, and patient-centered care that accompany physician burnout, particularly among residents in graduate medical education programs.2 Over the past year, however, 3 acts of altruism occurred in the course of routine care by medical residents at Rhode Island Hospital.