Fall 2017 Medical Humanities Electives at LKSOM Michael Vitez Douglas Reifler, MD
“Sick persons and those who care for them become obligatory story-tellers and story-listeners. Hippocrates knew this, Chekhov knew this, Freud knew this, and yet knowledge of the centrality of story telling was obscured in medicine throughout much of the last century.” -Rita Charon, 2005
New This Fall Fundamentals of Improvisation Psychiatry: a Narrative Pursuit Disability through the Lens of Self-Representation Arts Workshop History of Medicine
Fundamentals of Improvisation Kristen Schier, drama teacher and improvisational director
Psychiatry: A Narrative Pursuit Kristen Tyszkowski, MD, geriatrician and psychiatrist
Disability through the Lens of Self-Representation Kate Fialkowski and Celia Feinstein, TU Institute on Disabilities
Arts Workshop Heather Rinehart, artist and arts educator
History of Medicine Larry Kaiser, MD, Dean, and Aron Wahrman, MD
Artful Thinking Scott Shore, PhD, M4 Heather Kagan, M3 Leslie Weaver, and docents at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
My Daughter’s Kitchen Comes to Medical School Bernadette Remshard, MD, and students; designed by Maureen Fitzgerald, Food Editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer
An Exploration of Meaning Through Stories Wendy Horwitz, PhD, psychologist and writer
An Exploration of Narrative Medicine Michael Vitez, Director of Narrative Medicine
Humans of North Philly Avi Steinhardt, photojournalist, and Michael Vitez
Reflections on Gross Anatomy Douglas Reifler, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Medical Humanities
Mindfulness Meditation Bill Heran, PhD, Clinical Director, Center for Professional Development
Bioethics at the Movies Nora Jones, PhD, Director, Bioethics Education
Early Clinical Reflections Douglas Reifler, MD
New Ceremonies/Events October 2017: Story Slam M1 Halloween: Day of the Dead Ceremony M2 May: White Coat II: Transition to Clerkships
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