Description:
- Students spend a week reading and reflecting on medical humanities writings.
Structure:
- Students will read a minimum of 600 pages of medical humanities works (generally 2-3 books) in one week, then write a reflection and meet with the librarian mentor on their campus to review. The books you select should be related to the medical humanities – themes that give you insight into the human condition, suffering, personhood, resilience, historical or personal perspectives on medical practice.
- Your essays should not be book reports but your personal reflections – how you changed your mind by reading these books, or how the books opened your eyes to situations you've not thought about before, how they made you think or feel differently about medicine, your career choice, etc.
- Reflective essays are typically two to four pages and should be submitted to the librarian by the end of the selective week.
Mentors: Cynthia Chelf (MN), Lisa Marks (AZ), Tara Brigham (FL)