%0 Journal Article %A Jane Macnaughton %T The humanities in medical education: context, outcomes and structures %D 2000 %R 10.1136/mh.26.1.23 %J Medical Humanities %P 23-30 %V 26 %N 1 %X 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. %U https://mh.bmj.com/content/medhum/26/1/23.full.pdf