Reforming a Health Humanities curriculum: incorporating social justice into medical education

Name: Reforming a Health Humanities curriculum: incorporating social justice into medical education
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA

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Open Access

Titolo

Reforming a Health Humanities curriculum: incorporating social justice into medical education

Autori

Nancy Adams, Justen Aprile, Amanda Cooper, Katharine B. Dalke, Paul Haidet, Bernice L. Hausman, Kimberly R. Myers, Rebecca L. Volpe

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Vita e Pensiero

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11-2023

Doi

10.26350/000309_000176

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0039-291X (stampa) | 1827-7896 (digitale)

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In 2021 the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine piloted a new Humanities curriculum for entering medical students. The new curriculum permeates the pre-clerkship phase of medical education and focuses on social justice and humanities concepts and skills. This paper outlines the iterative, collaborative curricular development process and describes three new courses and one redesigned course. Coursework includes foundational concepts and frameworks, skill-building in visual thinking and interpretation, the reflexive development of humanistic practice, and a robust conceptual framework for clinical communication. Reflections on the outcomes of the new curriculum include the productive role of theory in course development, challenges associated with deep discussion of difficult topics, and complexities associated with variable learner preparation in the humanities.

Reforming a Health Humanities curriculum: incorporating social justice into medical education by Rebecca L. Volpe, Justen Aprile, Amanda Cooper, Katharine B. Dalke, Kimberly R. Myers, Paul Haidet, Nancy Adams, Bernice L. Hausman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

keywords

Medical education, Health humanities, Social justice, Pre-clerkship curriculum.

Biografia degli autori

Rebecca L. Volpe, PhD Kimberly R. Myers, MA, PhD, Bernice L. Hausman, PhD, Department of Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine. Email Volpe: rvolpe@pennstatehealth.psu.edu. Email Myers: kmyers2@pennstatehealth.psu.edu. Email Hausman: bhausman1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Justen Aprile, MD, Departments of Pediatrics and Humanities, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Email: japrile1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Amanda Cooper, MD, Department of Surgery, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Email: acooper2@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Katharine B. Dalke, MD MBE, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Email: katharine.dalke@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Paul Haidet, MD MPH, Departments of Medicine, Humanities, and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine. Woodward Center for Excellence in Health Sciences Education. Email: phaidet@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Nancy Adams, MLIS, EdD, Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State College of Medicine. Email: nadams@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.