Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Medical humanities teaching in UK medical schools has lacked cohesion, having developed opportunistically in different locations. Cohesion is necessary to develop an identifiable community of practice, but within that community there can be multiple readings of what 'medical humanities' are and how they may develop. This article details discussions held by medical humanities scholars teaching in UK medical schools at a workshop in January 2025 at the University of Oxford covering five key areas: the role of humanities scholars in medical schools, patients as partners in medical education, core curriculum teaching, intercalated teaching, and assessment. Our discussion highlights opportunities and challenges facing humanities teaching in UK medical schools today and calls for the creation of a community of medical humanities scholars working in UK medical education embracing diversity of opinion and practices. The article is specifically written as a synopsis of a brainstorming symposium.
Source: Bioethics News
Authors: Richard T. Bellis, Sally Frampton, Gina Hadley, Jennifer Wallis, Alan Bleakley, Gabriele De Luca
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4410830668