This Fall 2023 Medical Humanities program welcomes a small cohort of student fellows each semester to participate in a six-session luncheon discussion series held at the University of Pennsylvania.
The discussions will be facilitated by academic and clinical professionals including physicians, philosophers, psychologists, theologians, historians, journalists, and public policy specialists. Among the questions to be raised are: Why medical humanities? What are the core values of medical practice, and have they changed over time? What is wellness in a holistic sense? How can a profession focus on health and deal with death? And how can art and storytelling impact the patient experience? By the end of the fellowship, each participant will be guided to produce a one-page statement of their philosophy of clinical practice.
Location: Ben Franklin Room in Houston Hall
Schedule: Wednesdays from 12pm–1pm EST
September 13 : Introduction to Medical Humanities with Dr. Stacey Ake (Co-Director, Drexel University’s Medical Humanities Program) and Dr. Ralph Rosen (Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania)
September 27: Prose, Art, and Aesthetic in Medicine with Mr. Adam Rizzo (Coordinator of College and Pre-Professional Programs and Museum Educator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
October 4: Wellness and Spirituality with Dr. Thomas Kolon (Medical Director of Informatics Education in the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and Dr. Philip Gehrman (Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania)
October 25: The End of Medicine with Dr. Annique Hogan (Pediatrician in the Division of General Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and Dr. Sarah-Vaughan Brakman (Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Villanova University)
November 8: Healthy Dying: Mortality and Human Flourishing with Dr. Kristen Rock (Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania)
November 29: The Patient/Physician Relationship with Dr. Jim Callahan (Associate Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and Dr. Horace Delisser (Associate Professor of Medicine for Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania)
December 7: 5:30pm dinner and lecture by artist and physician Dr. Nazanin Moghbeli
Please direct any questions to Caroline Arnold (carnold@collegiuminstitute.org).
