Commentary by Jack Coulehan, M.D. M.P.H., Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine and Fellow, Center for Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Stony Brook University, New York Many authors who write about empathy …
Category: Program Development
How to Grow a Healthcare Humanities Program: 15 Steps For Success In Harsh Economic Times
Commentary by Allan Peterkin, MD., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Toronto; Head of The Program in Narrative and Healthcare Humanities; founding editor, ARS MEDICA: A Journal …
Creating And Maintaining Participant Interest In The Medical Humanities
Commentary by P. Ravi Shankar, M.D., Department of Medical Education, KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur, Nepal In previous blog articles I looked at medical humanities teaching in Nepal, explored the …
The Story As Chameleon: A Transformation
Commentary by Patricia Stanley, M.B.A., M.A., Guest Faculty, Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons; Clinical Coordinator, Masters in Narrative Medicine There is a short story, …
Is Medical Uncertainty Necessary?
Commentary by Caroline Wellbery, M.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center; Associate Deputy Editor, American Family Physician Medical uncertainty is all around us In medicine we are …
Summer Blogging: Traveller’s Joy
We are taking a break from our regular essay commentaries until September. In the meantime, there will be occasional short postings, mostly by me (Felice Aull). This image of the …
English As The Language Of Medical Humanities Learning In Nepal: Our Experiences
Commentary by P. Ravi Shankar, M.D. and Rano Mal Piryani, M.D., Department of Medical Education, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal A previous blog (Shankar R., Medical Humanities: Sowing the Seeds …
Nurturing Reflection and Humanistic Practice: Growing Humanities Programs at a Suburban Community Hospital
Commentary by Nancy Gross, MMH, MA, Palliative Care Community Liaison and Facilitator/Scholar of Humanities Programs, Overlook Hospital/Atlantic Health, Summit, New Jersey “The humanities are the hormones…to infect with the spirit of …
The Seven Doctors Project: Creative Writing As Inspiration And Intervention
Commentary by Steve Langan, author of a collection of poems, Freezing (New Issues Press, 2001) and a chapbook, Notes on Exile and Other Poems (Backwaters, 2005); executive director of ALS …