Humanities in medical training and education
Deborah Kirklin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.1-1-25
Clin Med January 2001 Deborah Kirklin
Medical Humanities Unit/Lecturer in Medical Humanities, Royal Free and University College Medical School
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This paper explores how current developments within medical humanities might provide a way to both understand and address the origin of recent events that have left the profession branded as arrogant, out of touch and misguided. The arts provide a powerful medium to improve the understanding of the experience of illness. Furthermore the understanding obtained is qualitatively different from that acquired in the traditional doctor-patient encounter. In addition medical humanities can create a space for doctors to reflect on their own practice and experiences. The benefits of using this space are illustrated with four examples of arts-based education delivered to groups of practitioners at different stages in their professional lives.
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Humanities in medical training and education
Deborah Kirklin
Clinical Medicine Jan 2001, 1 (1) 25-27; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.1-1-25
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