Introduction to Medical Humanities

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Introduction to Medical Humanities
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Why study medicine?

• Individual
• Family
• Society

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What is medicine

• Science
• Arts

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Learning objectives

• Physicians must be altruistic
• Physicians must be knowledgeable
• Physicians must be skillful
• Physicians must be dutiful
• Medical School Objectives Project
• Association of American Medical Colleges

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What is humanities

• Systematic forms of study concerned with
  recording and interpreting human experience.
• Human body as intertwining of natural and
  existential dimensions
• Typically include literature, history,
  philosophy, ethics, arts

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What is medical humanities

• An interdisciplinary recording and interpreting
  of human experiences of illness, disability,
  medicine and health care
• What unifies diverse disciplines reflect the
  human experiences of medicine, seen through the
  humanities.

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Windows to view medicine

• Literature and arts appreciate metaphors people
  use to convey their experiences
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• History evolution of contemporary medicine, draw
  on the past to reflect on the present and gauge
  the future, history taking
• Philosophy meaning of life

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UCL center

• To raise awareness of medical humanities as an
  academic discipline
• Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary, and
  increasingly international endeavor that draws on
  the creative and intellectual strengths of
  diverse disciplines, including literature, art,
  creative writing, drama, film, music, philosophy,
  ethical decision making, anthropology, and
  history, in pursuit of medical educational goal.

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Educational objectives

• to connect with, or appreciate, the perspective
  of all those affected by illness the person who
  is ill, the persons who love them, and the
  professionals involved in their care
• to facilitate reflection on the physicians own
  practice, on its strengths and weaknesses, so
  that he or she can build on the former and
  address the latter
• to provide both cultural and historical
  perspectives on illness and health care

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Search for meaning

• No need is so compelling as the need we all feel
  for our lives to make sense, to have meaning. We
  will tolerate almost any degree of austerity or
  risk in this indomitable quest for meaning.
• Futurist and strategic thinker,
• Willis Harman

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Career Example

• Wayne Lewis was general practitioner who escaped
  the pressures of clinical medicine through
  literature (novels and poetry). He was frustrated
  by the divided intellectual life. Gradually, he
  started to use literature to teach medical
  students in discussion of medical ethics. After
  he completed an MA in medical humanities at
  Swansea, he got interested in philosophy of
  science and theology. This opened up new horizons
  and allowed him to reflect on his clinical
  activities in all sorts of unexpected ways.
  Practically, he was able to incorporate
  discussion of religious issues, particularly
  surrounding bereavement, into his practice. He
  became a lecturer teaching literature and
  philosophy to medical students at the University
  of Wales College of Medicine, and took up a post
  of lecturer in medical humanities at Swansea,
  teaching the MA course.

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Literature and Medicine Pathography Illness
Narrative
Yue-Joe Lee M.D. College of Medicine National
Taiwan University
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MEDICINE is an ART !
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If I were a freshman again I would try to equip
myself with a strong language and reading skill.
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If I were a freshman again I would develop an
effective method of self-learning which will
enable me to keep growing as long as I live.
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If I were a freshman again I would cultivate my
intellectual capability, to observe keenly, think
logically, judge correctly, and decide wisely. I
especially would try to strengthen my ability to
discover general principle governing all the
phenomena I am observing.
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If I were a freshman again I would develop the
habit of reading books on broad subjects,
including those beyond my own specialty.
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If I were a freshman again I would pick up my
role model, approach and learn from him(her) as
much as I can, like a sponge soaking up water.
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If I were a freshman again, I will learn how to
use my time more efficiently.
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If I were a freshman again, I will try to be a
person whose deeds meet his words.
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Learning Objectives

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• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Medical School Objective Project
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• CanMEDS 2000 Project
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• Liaison Committee on Medical Education
• http//www.lcme.org/functions2004june.pdf
• Australian Medical Council