Why Psychiatric Education Needs the Humanities

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The humanities in postgraduate medical education

This article discusses the value of the medical humanities within the medical curriculum. It explores the place of the humanities in postgraduate psychiatric training, what a curriculum might look like and which texts it might be useful to include in courses. It also briefly discusses teaching methods that may be appropriate in a postgraduate setting. Many of the proposed ideas are potentially ...

Welcome to medical humanities--and why.

Psychiatric Education

Over the last few years more and more and more emphasis is being given on the mental health tart services and efforts arc being made to improve these. However, education regarding mental health has been in the background. For better mental health services it is imperative that psychiatric education should also receive its due attention. Various aspects of psychiatric education need to be unders...

Humanities in Medical Education Humanities in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Literature Review

Purpose Humanities form an integral part of undergraduate medical curricula at numerous medical schools all over the world, and medical journals publish a considerable quantity of articles in this field. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which the literature on humanities in undergraduate medical education seeks to provide evidence of a long-term impact of this integration of...