The medical humanities at United States medical schools: a mixed method analysis of publicly assessable information on 31 schools

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There have been increasing efforts to integrate the arts and humanities into medical education, particularly during undergraduate medical education (UME). Previous studies, however, have focused on courses and curricular programming without rigorous characterization of the associated paracurricular environment or infrastructure enabling or facilitating these offerings.

Methods

To assess opportunities for students to engage the arts and humanities during their medical education as well as the institutional resources to support those opportunities, we developed the Humanities and Arts Programming Scale (HARPS): an 18-point scale involving eight sub-domains (Infrastructure, Curricular Opportunities, Extracurricular Engagement, Opportunities for Immersion, Facult

SUBMITTER: Anil J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472551 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature