PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E Meites
AU  - S Bein
AU  - A Shafer
TI  - Researching medicine in context: the Arts and Humanities Medical Scholars Program
AID  - 10.1136/mh.29.2.104
DP  - 2003 Dec 01
TA  - Medical Humanities
PG  - 104--108
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/29/2/104.short
4100  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/29/2/104.full
SO  - J Med Humanit2003 Dec 01; 29
AB  - In 2000, the Arts and Humanities Medical Scholars Program at Stanford University School of Medicine issued its first grants to medical students interested in researching an area of the medical arts or humanities in depth. To date, 34 projects have been funded, including renewals. The projects encompass a range of genres and topics, from a website on Asian American health and culture to an ethnographic study of women physicians in training in Spain. Two projects are highlighted here: an online history of medicine course and a poetry project. Students are mentored by faculty from a wide array of university departments and centres and submit completion documents to the committee overseeing the programme. Students are encouraged to present their work at conferences, such as the programme’s annual symposium, as well as in publication or other appropriate formats. Future directions include integration with the scholarly concentrations initiative at the medical school.