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Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup
The Gold Foundation's latest Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup highlights articles about rethinking cultural diversity in course manuals, using design thinking to support well-being among resident physicians, the Bedside Education in the Art of Medicine (BEAM) app, and more.
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Summer Reading
Explore these thought-provoking lists to find your next great read:
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Dynamic Autonomy in Chronic Pain Management: Frida Kahlo Illustrates
Debra Gorman-Badar, PT, MA, explores how including expressive therapies in chronic pain management programs can help patients develop self-knowledge and strengthen autonomy. Frida Kahlo's artwork, portraying her experiences of chronic pain, frames the discussion.
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Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature
"How are comics employed in health education settings and what effects do they have?” Matthew N. Noe, MSLS, and Leonard L. Levin, MLS, MA, share a scoping review of graphic medicine literature guided by this question.
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Highlights from Projects in the Humanities and Ethics at NYU Langone Health
New Annotation: Steven Field on The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
"The Winter Soldier is a war story, a doctor story, and a romance. It also poses a wrenching question of medical ethics....the complex nature of the doctor-patient relationship, the motivations which drive it, and the decisions we make."
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Comparison of the implementation of human papillomavirus and hepatitis B vaccination programs in the United States: Implications for future vaccines
Catherine Constable, MD, a previous Rudin Faculty Scholar, and Arthur Caplan, PhD, examine the numerous parallels—and divergent pathways to acceptance—between the vaccines for two viruses which cause cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV).
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Correction: In last week’s newsletter, the item about the article “Abolition Medicine” misspelled author Yoshiko Iwai’s last name.
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Quick Links
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Calls for Submission & Other Opportunities
Call for Writers: Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal
New writers are invited to contribute to Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal. Synapsis is an online publication designed to bring together humanities scholars and students from across institutions and disciplines in a “department without walls." The site is founded and edited by Arden Hegele, a literary scholar, and Rishi Goyal, a medical doctor.
They are looking for 8-10 writers -- both humanities students and scholars and health professionals -- whose work intersects with the medical and health humanities to become regular writers for the publication. The commitment is one piece of writing every two months. These pieces can intersect with your research, or be one-off creative explorations. Contributions need not be long (500 to 1,000 words is ideal). Please see the journal site for the kind of work writers produce, and see their special issue on Covid-19.
To apply, please complete the application form and upload a CV. The deadline to apply for a writing position is August 31, end of day. Questions in the meantime may be directed to the Assistant Editor, Danielle Drees, at dnd2118@columbia.edu.
Doctors Who Create Seeks Submissions About Creativity in Medicine
Doctors Who Create, a podcast about creativity in medicine, is looking for audio submissions for its September 2020 episode. If you want a chance to be featured, send a 1-3 minutes audio clip (.mp3) to dwcfilesubmission@gmail.com by Friday, August 14th, 2020. Some questions to answer: Who are you? What is your creative outlet? What are the challenges to being creative in medicine? If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Doctors Who Create through their Facebook page.
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- International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative, proposal deadline 8/15/20
- Call for Book Chapters: Narratives and Mental Health, abstract deadline 9/1/20
- Grant Program for Evaluating Outcomes: Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education, application deadline 9/15/20
- NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, deadline 9/25/20
- 2020 Conley Art of Medicine Contest, deadline 9/25/20
- Caring and Sharing: Health and Humanities in Today’s World, abstract deadline 10/31/20
- Medical Humanities-BMJ Seeks Blog Content on This Year’s Theme: Access, rolling deadline
- Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Medical Humanities, rolling deadline
- Emerald Studies In The Humanities, Ageing And Later Life, submit a proposal / no deadline noted
- Historical Perspectives in Art Section of The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, no deadline
- Black Voices in Healthcare: A New Audio Documentary Storytelling Project from The Nocturnists, open until further notice
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Events & Conferences
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How Physicians And Victims’ Families Are Surviving The Pandemic
FRONTLINE and The New York Academy of Medicine invite you to join a virtual event featuring, The Last Call, a short documentary co-produced with The New Yorker during reporting for the FRONTLINE documentary The Virus: What Went Wrong. The film illustrates the personal loss of one family behind the staggering numbers of those lost to the virus. The in-depth conversation featuring physicians, including NYAM's President Dr. Judith Salerno, will explore the experiences of healthcare professionals during the height of the pandemic.
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In Time of Plague, 2020: COVID-19
PANEL II: Comparing Plagues: AIDS and COVID-19
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Writing as Craft in the Time of COVID-19:
A Virtual Creative Writing Retreat for Healthcare Professionals
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September Virtual Narrative Medicine Rounds
“Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity,” a talk by writer Danielle Spencer, PhD
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Narrative Medicine & The Creative Impulse
Hosted by the Division of Narrative Medicine at Columbia. Early Bird Registration of $50 off tuition through September 18. Standard registration open through October 16th, space permitting.
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