Narrative Bioethics, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

In this course, students seek to understand the unique interplay of health, illness, culture, professionalism, carining, and care through the use of personal narraties. The use of storytelling from multiple persons including patients, caregivers, clinicians, clergy and others will be explored as a mechanism for explaining, understanding, and interpreting human experiences. The use of testimonials, medical records, films, journals, works of art, and other media will allow students to pull accounts from various sources. Considerations around the use of narratives to gain a more comprehensive understanding of bioethical dilemmas and vulnerable populations will be the prior focus of narratives examined. Graduate Medicine course only. 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.