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How medical schools weave arts and humanities into education
Excerpts from article by Patrick Boyle, published in aamc.org
When Paul Haidet, MD, MPH, talks with doctors and medical students about conversational strategies they can adopt to better understand their patients, “the pushback that always comes out of the audience is, ‘We get this patient-centered stuff, but you have to understand: We have no time.’”
For Haidet, the key is less about time and more about listening keenly and improvising responses that build on what patients say.
Globally, many colleges and universities are integrating arts and humanities into medical education. There are initiatives such as:
* Inviting students to learn by dancing with Parkinson’s disease patients
* Studying documentaries about underserved populations
* Acting out scripts about medical ethics in front of community audiences and more.
AAMC research
The publication — part of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education initiative — cites four functions of arts and humanities in strengthening the education of medical students and physicians:
- Mastering skills — improving clinical care abilities like case presentation and critical thinking.
- Taking perspective — bringing to light the “sometimes contradictory perspectives” of patients and others involved in clinical encounters.
- Personal insight — fostering reflection about inward processes and struggles, which contribute to self-identity, emotional growth, wellness, and resilience.
- Social advocacy — inciting learners to critique and transform norms, as well as potential inequities and injustices in health care.
The report says, “The arts and the humanities can play a unique and unrealised role in preparing and equipping physicians for 21st-century challenges.“
Integration challenges
Colleges and universities weave arts and humanities into medical education in many ways, the report explains, such as by offering electives, adding special sessions to regular courses, and fully integrating opportunities throughout rotations and programs so that all students get the experiences.
However, it notes that arts and humanities face perceptual barriers, such as a belief among many educators that there’s no room in the curricula for content not based on hard science and a skepticism that arts and humanities experiences can be shown to improve someone’s medical education.
Here are some examples of medical schools integrating humanities into their curricula (mentioned in the report):
- Jazz at Penn State College of Medicine: To help students improve their listening skills and have true conversations.
- Films at the Stanford University School of Medicine: Students routinely get to watch movies in class — not dry lessons in clinical procedures, but documentaries about health issues and medical care.
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Education
6 ways in which education can evolve through hybrid learning
Excerpts from article published by India Today Web Desk
Hybrid learning enables seamless education by leveraging a combination of online and offline methods. It enables opportunities for online interaction along with traditional classroom practices.
Be it for students, aspiring professionals or working professionals, this pedagogical concept is turning out to be the right tool for effective teaching and learning in the current environment.
Here are some of the ways in which learning and education can evolve through hybrid learning:
1. Improved Flexibility: Hybrid learning promotes increased flexibility by providing remote access and reap the benefits of seamless communication with the tutors, access to quality tutors, recorded sessions, and 24/7 support. Students also have greater learning options that will enable them to pursue courses from more than one institution, based on their interests and aptitude.
2. Mentoring: Access to mentorship during online and offline courses can also help in accelerated learning and connecting concepts with real-time experiences and situations.
3. Going beyond Boundaries: With geographical limitations no longer a decisive factor, students from any region and background have the chance for exposure. Leveraging vernacular delivery mode can propel learning, catering to a larger audience across regions. Similarly, institutions and training centers now have access to instructors from across the globe.
4. Enhanced Peer Learning: Peer-assisted learning experiences that are engaging, social, and led by students can lead to deeper learning. While online learning provides continuous learning, the hybrid will enable peer to peer learning in parallel.
5. Experiential Learning: Simulations, live tutorials, real-time learning experiences through AR/VR can lead to quality learning which can be impactful. Experiential modules can enable the superior application of knowledge through skills attained.
6. E-proctoring Tools: Ensuring credibility in the learning environment becomes more significant in online learning, as the assessment is a fundamental part of education. Online proctoring tools can help in ensuring a fair assessment environment.
(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the article mentioned above are those of the author(s). They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of ICS Career GPS or its staff.)
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