Health Humanities Seminar: Special Topics in Literature and Film, Medical University of South Carolina

In this 8-week discussion-based course, students read literature and view films on topics related to health and the delivery of health care. These topics include social determinants of health, patient perspectives, provider-patient communication, and implicit bias among others. A focus is placed on entering the stories of others and developing empathy for patients, although we will also study narratives that provide opportunities to discuss provider roles and identities and interprofessional relationships. Elective only. Literature may also be used on the required FLEX 1, 2 and 3 Health Humanities courses, but this is unclear. This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.