Program Description:
The Medical Humanities Scholars Program is a learning experience that utilizes conference calls to provide up to ten medical students with the opportunity to consider how medicine, disease, and physicians are viewed, and to write and reflect on the intersections between these arenas. This year’s theme is “Medical Professionalism: How the Humanities Heal", with discussions led by notable physician-humanists: Jack Coulehan, Jeremy Spiegel, Allan Peterkin, Jay Baruch, Emily Transue, Theresa Zink, and Pamela Schaff. Attendance and participation in conference calls, selected readings on humanities in medicine, and writing short essays will determine satisfactory completion of the program. Implementation of a specific medical humanities project at each participant's school will be expected.
Program Timeline:
August 2010 - January 2011. There will be a total of 12 1.5-hour conference calls, held at 7 pm EST, twice a month.
Program Schedule:
- August 26 - Jack Coulehan
- September 9 - Allan Peterkin
- September 23 - Jeremy Spiegel
- October 11- Emily Transue
- October 28 - Jeremy Spiegel
- November 11 - Jack Coulehan
- November 23- Therese Zink
- December 9 - Pamela Schaff
- December 20 - TBD
- January 13 - Jay Baruch
- January 27 - Allan Peterkin
Application Process:
The application process for the 2010-2011 program has passed.
Selection Criteria:
Interest, commitment to the field, and quality of application.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this institute, participants will be able to…
Knowledge
- Articulate how the humanities enrich and lend perspective to the medical field
Skills
- Integrate experiences from this program (e.g. books read, prose/poetry written, discussions had) into their practice/thinking of medicine
- Cogently discuss, write, and/or otherwise express views, feelings, and thoughts on the practice of medicine/experiences with patients utilizing the humanities
- Successfully explore issues of debate within medicine from an ethical and humanistic perspective
Attitudes
- Acknowledge the human experience in the processes of healing and dying
- View the practice of medicine as integration between science and humanities
Participant Expectations:
- Maintain attendance (attendance is critical due to the small number of scholars and calls)
- Read the selected readings ahead of the call
- Participate in conference calls, in discussion, and in writing exercises while on the call
- Sponsor an event or project at your school that highlights medical humanities
Please contact Aliye Runyan with questions.