| Commentary: sharper instruments: on defending the humanities in undergraduate medical education. | |
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PMID: 20505388 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The study by Ousager and Johannessen in this issue finds a lack of research attempting to measure the long-term effects of incorporating humanities into the undergraduate medical education (UME) curriculum, and warns that more such studies are needed if the humanities are to become integrated into UME. This commentary points to limitations in the study's methodology, suggesting that the value of the humanities in educating new physicians can be defended by demonstrating the need for more complex approaches to knowledge than complete dependence on empirical evidence, and invites those who support inclusion of the humanities in UME to take up three challenges: work together to define the terms and scope of the medical humanities as a coherent (though heterogenous) field, teach reading skills (promote, that is, a nonreductive approach to the interpretation of human objects), and work to establish effective and persuasive alternatives to the blunt tools of outcomes measurement. |
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Authors:
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Catherine Belling |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comment; Editorial |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 85 ISSN: 1938-808X ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-03 Completed Date: 2010-06-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 938-40 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Curriculum Education, Medical, Undergraduate* Humanities / education* United States |
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Comment On:
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Acad Med. 2010 Jun;85(6):988-98
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20505399
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