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This process of looking and asking questions about what you are looking at is needed at all levels of science, and science students can learn through arts-inspired visual analysis.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.
Exploring colors can help discuss abstract, challenging topics in concrete ways – especially experiences doctors and caregivers may encounter caring for people at the end of life.
Pandemic fiction is more popular than ever – but what these books and movies offer us isn’t as straightforward as you might think.
Can empathy be taught to students in the healthcare professions? A groundbreaking project is using visual art to ensure they pay attention to the whole person, not just the disease.
Many medical disciplines have started encouraging their students to embrace lessons from the arts and humanities. Physiotherapy is lagging behind.
Sacks was able to communicate the fascinating workings of the brain in ways that evoked understanding and compassion.
From serving newborns to treating hospice patients, music can be used in medical and psychological treatment with surprising – and real – results.
Whatever your opinion of book prizes, they remain a useful tool for understanding what is popular in the literary world. The Costa Book of the Year, awarded this year to Helen Macdonald for her book H…
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Senior Academic Programs Curator, Museums and Collections Department, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Music Therapy, Berklee College of Music
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Professor in Modern History and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, King's College London
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Lecturer in Communications, Dublin City University
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Associate Professor for Digital Innovation, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer In Linguistics, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Medical Humanities, Rice University; University of Toronto
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Professor of Religion and Art History, Rice University
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Associate Professor and Psychiatrist, Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Chemistry Education Research, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate in Art History, Queen's University, Ontario
