A medical and a nursing student facilitating an image discussion. Hope Torrents School Programs Coordinator and Director of the Fine Art of Health Care program … Read More
Category: Teaching
Reading Lolita in Residency
by Howard Trachtman, MD
Howard Trachtman, MD Department of Pediatrics NYU School of Medicine Throughout history, reading books has often been viewed with deep suspicion by figures in authority. … Read More
Richard Selzer and Ten Terrific Tales
Richard Selzer and Ten Terrific Tales by Tony Miksanek, MD Family Physician and Author, Raining Stethoscopes If there were a Medical Humanities Hall of Fame, … Read More
Medical Humanities – Initiating the Journey at Xavier University School of Medicine
Dr P. Ravi Shankar has been facilitating medical humanities sessions for over eight years, first in Nepal and currently in Aruba in the Dutch Caribbean. … Read More
Two Doctors, Two Generations: Q&A with Dr. Barron Lerner
On May 6, 2014, Barron Lerner, MD, PhD, kicked off the Lerner Lectureship series with a talk that explored the evolution of medical ethics through … Read More
Island Time
As one might expect, much of medical training occurs in the inpatient setting. Teaching hospitals, brimming with an elaborate hierarchy of trainees and supervisors, offer … Read More
The Artist in the Anatomy Lab
Laura Ferguson came to the NYU School of Medicine as artist in residence in 2008 and currently has an exhibit of her artwork in the … Read More
Humanity Out of Context: Tinkers as a Touchstone for Dissection
Editor’s Note: I met Rachel Hammer, a third year medical student and MFA candidate at the Mayo Clinic, last month at the American Society of … Read More
Four Years of Medical Humanities in Nepal: What Worked and What Did Not
The situation in South Asia is in many ways different from the west. . . . Our experiences may be of interest to other MH [Medical Humanities] educators, especially in developing countries.
Walk a Mile in My Moccasins
Commentary by Amy Ellwood, MSW, LCSW; Professor of Family Medicine & Psychiatry, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada Communicating Through Story Storytelling … Read More
