The Health, Arts, and Humanities Program advances a deeper understanding of health, illness, suffering, disability and the provision of healthcare by creating a community of scholars in the arts, humanities and clinical sciences at the University of Toronto (and beyond!).
Deepening the Discussion: Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences in the Education of Health Professionals Date: April 19 – 20, 2013 Location: Québec City, QC http://www.ahssm-eig.ca/creatingspaceiii.html The AHSSM (Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences in Medicine) Educational Interest Group is pleased to announce that a symposium will be held on April 19 – 20, 2013 in [...]
Read MoreARS MEDICA and MASSEY COLLEGE invite applications for THE STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS with the 2013 BARBARA MOON EDITING FELLOW, Barbara Sibbald SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 31st, 2013 WORKSHOPS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 2013 The art of telling – and listening to – stories is fundamental to what it means to be human. Stories bring pleasure, but their [...]
Read MoreLearn or further develop meditation skills for enhancing self care and therapeutic presence, featuring a gentle, experientially open form of mindfulness called recollective awareness meditation. Open sessions for mental health professionals and students from all clinical disciplines, 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month starting February 25, 2013, in Rm 962, Mount Sinai [...]
Read MoreNEW DEADLINE – July 15th, 2013 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a book on: KEEPING REFLECTION FRESH Top Educators Share Their Innovations in Health Professional Education To be published in 2014 by KENT STATE PRESS in their Literature and Medicine series Editors: Allan Peterkin, MD and Pamela Brett-MacLean, PhD Please distribute widely this call widely. [...]
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