From the Division of Medical Humanities at NYU Langone Health and the Gold Foundation


Humanities

in Healthcare


June 2024

The 42 best books and podcasts on health and science to check out this summer


Looking for a stimulating summer read or listen? This recent list — selected by STAT staff, readers, and notable figures — includes a mix of interesting books and podcasts for both the head and the heart.


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Want more great summer reads? Check out the Gold Foundation's Bookshop to explore the Reading Lists for Compassionate Clinicians

Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits


"Just as sports or workouts exercise the body, creating art exercises the imagination and is essential to mental as well as physical well-being," writes Girija Kaimal, Professor of Art Therapy Research at Drexel University, in this piece that draws on research to show how creativity can affect both physical and emotional health.


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Empathy 101: How medical schools are using improv theater, virtual reality and comics to help physicians understand their patients


Comics journalist Josh Neufeld weaves together research and art to describe how medical schools have gotten creative by using improv, virtual reality, and graphic medicine to teach students about empathy, health equity, listening, and more.


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Health Humanities Baccalaureate Programs in the United States and Canada


A comprehensive 2024 report of baccalaureate Health Humanities programs, compiled by Sarah L. Berry and Erin Gentry Lamb, shows the continued growth in the field across the U.S. and Canada.


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Featured Annotation: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain


In this annotation from the NYU Langone LitMed Database archive, Albert Howard Carter III writes of this book by Oliver Sacks, "While humans routinely enjoy music, the book emphasizes unusual events and neurological patients, in short, departures from the norm."


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Announcing the winners of the 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest


Three medical students and three nursing students were selected as winners of the Gold Foundation's 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. Thank you to the nearly 500 nursing and medical students who shared a story about a moment of human connection in healthcare. The essays will be published this fall/winter in Academic Medicine and Journal of Professional Nursing.  


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Events Calendar

Jul. 8-9

Compassion in Medical Education (C-MEd) Forum (San Diego, CA)

Jul. 15-19

Health and the Human Condition: First-Person Essays (Truro, MA)

Jul. 16-18

2024 Graphic Medicine Conference (Athlone, Ireland)

Jul. 19-20

ArtMed inSight’s Art in Clinical Practice: Enhancing Observational Skills and Increasing Presence (online)

Sep. 4-6

2024 Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Sep. 18-21

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Annual Conference (St. Louis, MO)

Sep. 21

Finding Our Voices: Humanities In Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)

Sep. 24 - Feb. 18

Training our Eyes, Minds and Hearts: Visual Thinking Strategies for Health Care Professionals (online)

Oct. 5 & Nov. 2

Narrative in End-of-Life Care: Tools for Communication and Compassionate Care (online)

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