The Program for Humanities in Medicine at Yale Medical School offers a lively, meaningful, and provocative approach to the art and practice of medicine.
The medical humanities – which includes art, music, literature, drama, writing, philosophy, history, and more – can enrich our lives in medicine, increase our ability to observe, help us understand perspectives other than our own, shed light on community concerns, expose our assumptions, and provide a means for grappling with the inherent uncertainty in medicine.
But they can – and should – do more than that. Here at Yale, we strive to use the medical humanities as a springboard to raise the critical consciousness of our community. To borrow a phrase from current Yale medical student Robert Rock, we hope to “make the invisible visible”. Through a wide variety of opportunities, both curricular and extracurricular, we strive to stimulate thought and discussion about the narratives we tell about our patients, ourselves, and the systems we work in; the traditions we have inherited; the role we play in questions of justice; and what futures we imagine for ourselves as a profession.
We collaborate on many programs with faculty and students from Yale’s other schools and institutions including the School of Nursing, School of Art, British Art Center, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Yale College.
Contact Us
Director, Anna Reisman, MD
Program Manager, Karen P. Kolb, APR
Address:
367 Cedar Street
Harkness, Building A
Room 315
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203-737-5943
Program Email: humanitiesinmedicine@yale.edu
