On Becoming a Humanities Curriculum

Medical humanities in the undergraduate medical curriculum.

The medical humanities have been introduced in medical curricula over the past 30 years in the western world. Having medical humanities in a medical school curriculum can nurture positive attitudes in the regular work of a clinician and contribute equally to personality development. Though substantial evidence in favour of a medical humanities curriculum may be lacking, the feedback is positive...

Medical humanities courses becoming prerequisites in many medical schools.

A curriculum in medical ethics and medical humanities.

MEDICINE has evolved over the centuries moving from sorcerer to priest and ultimately to the physician. During this time it has gradually developed its own code of conduct: However, it was Hippocrates of Cos, who in the fifth century B.C., apparently recognizing that greater guidance was necessary, proceeded to develop our first code of ethics (Nordlicht, 1977). Physicians are, in this traditio...

Humanities for medical students? A qualitative study of a medical humanities curriculum in a medical school program

BACKGROUND Today, there is a trend towards establishing the medical humanities as a component of medical education. However, medical humanities programs that exist within the context of a medical school can be problematic. The aim of this study was to explore problems that can arise with the establishment of a medical humanities curriculum in a medical school program. METHODS Our theoretical ...

The Integrated Expressive Arts and Humanities : Coping with Curriculum Change