TY - JOUR T1 - The humanities in medical education: context, outcomes and structures JF - Medical Humanities JO - J Med Humanit SP - 23 LP - 30 DO - 10.1136/mh.26.1.23 VL - 26 IS - 1 AU - Jane Macnaughton Y1 - 2000/06/01 UR - http://mh.bmj.com/content/26/1/23.abstract N2 - There is now a context for teaching humanities in undergraduate medical education via special study modules (SSMs). This paper discusses the instrumental and non-instrumental role of the humanities in the education of doctors. Three courses are then described and compared. The most successful of the three is a SSM which had the following characteristics: it was voluntary, it was an integral part of the curriculum, and it was examinable. ER -