Several scholarly trends, such as narrative medicine, patient-centered and relationship-centered
care, have long advocated for the value of the patient's voice in the practice of medicine…

The Program in Medical Humanities & Arts at the University of California, Irvine, College of
Medicine has been in existence for five years. The program was implemented to enhance …

The humanities offer great potential for enhancing professional and humanistic development
in medical education. Yet, although many students report benefit from exposure to the …

Background: Empathy is critical to the development of professionalism in medical students,
and the humanities-particularly literature-have been touted as an effective tool for increasing …

Introduction Observation, including identification of key pieces of data, pattern recognition,
and interpretation of significance and meaning, is a key element in medical decision making. …

Emotions—one's own and others'—play a large role in the lives of medical students. Students
must deal with their emotional reactions to intellectual and physical stress, the demanding …

This study used several focus groups to examine culturally based variation in attitudes,
beliefs, and meanings of transition. Sixteen Latina mothers of young adults with disabilities …

Personal, creative writing as a process for reflection on patient care and socialization into
medicine (“reflective writing”) has important potential uses in educating medical students and …

Purpose Student exposure to illness‐related theatrical performances holds intriguing educational
possibilities. This project explored uses of theatrical performance within the context of …

To explore how primary care clinician—teachers actually attempt to convey empathy to medical
students and residents, the author carried out a qualitative study in 1999-2000 in which …