Classes consist of discussions of readings (poems, plays, short stories, and novels), with frequent presentations by students. Currently the readings includes the following: (1) The Cider House Rules (John Irving); (2) On Doctoring, 3rd ed. (Stone & Reynolds, eds.); (3) (Wit (Edson); (4) Whose Life Is It, Anyway? (Clark); (5) Limitations (Scott Turow); (6) Law Lit (Thane Rosenbaum); and (7) miscellaneous additional readings.
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.
History
Subject Area
Medicine
Geographic Region
West South Central
University or College
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Funding Status
Public
Endowment (according to NACUBO's U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20) ($1,000)
31958313
Annual Tuition and Mandatory Fees 2021-2022 ($) (Resident; Non-resident, where applicable)
21087; 35406
Course Title
Law, Medicine, & Literature
Terminal Degree of Instructor(s)
JD; MD
Position of Instructor(s)
Adjunct Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine
Academic Year(s) Active
2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
Course Enrolment
10
Primary Works on Reading List
John Irving, The Cider House Rules; Richard Stone and John Reynolds, On Doctoring (3rd ed.); Margaret Edson, W;t; Brian Clark, Whose Life Is It, Anyway?; Scott Turow, Limitations; and Thane Rosenbaum (ed.), Law Lit: From Atticus Finch to The Practice.