Courses 2008-2009
The following list provides information on elective courses and educational programs connected to the Medical Humanities on offer at UCSF. Please check with the course instructor and official UCSF course catalog for further information.
(might be again! students, check it out and contact faculty advisors to re-run courses):
Fall 2007
Winter 2008
Area of Concentration in Medical Humanities (AoC - 3 units) Fall '08
Introduction to Narrative Medicine (Annually in the Fall)
Narrative Medicine: Empowering Through Stories (1 unit) (Spring)
Narrative Medicine: The Medical Student as Writer (1 unit) (ongoing)
The Healer's Art (FCM, 1.5 units)
Medical Humanities in the Hospital (various ongoing)
Supervised Independent Study (DAHSM, various credits)
140.04 (up to 6 credits) Core Course: Fall 2008.
Brian Dolan, PhD, Anthropology, History & Social Medicine
This course fulfills the seminar requirement for the Medical Humanities Area of Concentration. The seminar introduces students to a range of methodological approaches within the humanities. Sessions focus on specific topics that lend themselves to compelling discussion and debate in relation to medicine and its cultural representations. Contact course director: Dr. Brian Dolan
Medicine 170.31A (annually in the fall)
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA
Narrative is everywhere in medicine: in patient (his)stories, in the notes we write, in our formal presentations and in conversations with colleagues and families. Traditionally, medical education has provided little training in how best to create and interpret such narratives. This course will use medical fiction, essays from the lay press, great literature, illness narratives, medical autobiographies, stories from practice and, with permission, student writings to introduce participants to the rapidly growing field of Narrative Medicine. The course will include some lecture but largely be conducted as a seminar. Each of the instructors will be responsible for one session but several will participate in every class. The final few sessions can be tailored to students’ interests.
Medicine 170.32 A, B, C (1 unit) or Medicine 170 D (spring)
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA Student contact: Arul Thangavel
The effectiveness and pleasure of clinical practice are enhanced when providers have the skills to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved by their patient’s stories. What is it like to grow old? To be ill or disabled, hospitalized or homebound? In this course, students will learn interviewing techniques (both medical and anthropological), visit an older patient in the home and/or hospital, and either write the patient’s story or produce an edited audiorecording. The final products will be a website and possibly an anthology which highlights individual lives from across san francisco. The digital map may be read for information on neighborhoods, ethnic groups, diseases or illness narratives. This work may be done as part of the longitudinal Aging and Palliative Care elective (Med 170.30) or as a stand alone elective and may be repeated for credit.
170.31B (1 unit) (credit pending) Ongoing.
David Watts, MD and/or Louise Aronson, MD, MFA
The goal of this creative writing workshop will be to help students develop skills as writers of fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction. While many may choose to write about their training experiences, there are no subject matter restrictions. The primary goals are to improve as writers and to move from ideas toward finished essays and stories. Students will read and workshop each other’s work, read established writers focusing on craft and technique, and do in-class writing exercises to help generate new writing. Previous writing experience not required.
(Family and Community Medicine)
171.01. (1.5 units) Wi. Prerequisites: 1st & 2nd year medical students. Lecture 3 hours. Workshop 15 hours.
R. Remen
Learning to strenghthen your humanity and remain open-hearted can make the difference between professional burnout and a fulfilling life. An opportunity to learn tools for self care, healing loss, finding meaning, strenghthening commitment and becoming a true physician.
Contact the following faculty for more information:
David Elkin, core psychiatry rotation, SFGH
Shieva Khayambashi, Family Medicine inpatient service, SFGH
Elizabeth Murphy, Internal Medicine, MZ and Parn
Ronald Strauss, Internal Medicine/ PRIME program, VAMC
(Anthropology, History & Social Medicine)
198.0 (1-5 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Project 3-15 hours.
Staff
Research in History of Health Sciences, Medical Anthropology or Social Medicine and/or directed reading under supervision of a faculty member with approval of the department chairperson. (department: HISTSOCMED) Contact Prof. Dorothy Porter
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