Commentary by Barry M. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry In June and July of 2007, I spent a …
Medical Humanities: Education or Entertainment?
Commentary by Brian Dolan, Ph.D., Professor of Social Medicine and Medical Humanities at University of California at San Francisco A few weeks ago, I hosted a workshop for faculty from …
Toward a New Aesthetic of the Body
Commentary by Laura Ferguson, Artist working in New York City Can a deformed body be beautiful? Yes, through an artist’s eyes – and I believe art can help medicine to …
The Story of S.: Teaching Poetry to Children with Disabilities
Commentary by Nicole Hefner, Teaching Artist for Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Language Lecturer at New York University For the past decade I’ve taught poetry to children with moderate to …
Establishing a Medical Humanities Program at George Washington University School of Medicine
Commentary by Linda Raphael, Ph.D., Director of Medical Humanities and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences My introduction to medicine and humanities occurred at a Narrative Medicine Seminar …
The Craft of Writing: A Workshop for Doctors-in-training
Commentary by Anna Reisman, M.D., Co-Director, Department of Internal Medicine Writers’ Workshop, Yale University School of Medicine In this blog, I’ll tell you about a writing workshop for residents at …
What is Biocultures?
Commentary by Bradley Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University In my first contribution to this new blog (which I am very happy to see developing), …
The Patients as Teachers, Medical Students as Filmmakers VIdeo Project: The Video Slam
Commentary by Dan Shapiro, Ph.D., Director, Medical Humanities Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine Last year I asked 8 medical students to make films about patients. In pairs, they …