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!).
Appreciating our history. Building a community. Fostering collaborations. Preserving our past. _ 17:00h-21:00h Friday November 23 2012 8:00 h-17:00h Saturday November 24 2012 University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, MacLeod Aud. 2158 – 1 King’s College Circle, Room 2158 For further information, please contact Joan.McKnight@utoronto.ca _ Health, Arts and Humanities Program History of Medicine [...]
Read MoreTHEME: What Makes the Arts Heal and Healing an Art? 1. Open to all health profession students, researchers, residents, fellows, health care practitioners and faculty working or studying in Canada. 2. Deadline: Monday March 19, 2012. 3. Parameters: All works must be previously unpublished and relate to the above theme. Poetry, limited to two submissions [...]
Read MoreCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The members of the organizing committee of Creating Space II invite abstract submissions until January 30, 2012 that consider different approaches to narrative and reflection in health professional education that bridge the arts, humanities, and/or social sciences perspectives and healthcare. Specifically, we are interested in the impact of narrative and reflection, including how different [...]
Read MoreCome celebrate the launch of our new anthology! This new anthology, which gathers the best of Ars Medica’s first five years of publication, will be the basis for this Grand Rounds on using the humanities, literature and arts in medical education and clinical practice. Integrating the humanities and narrative understanding into healthcare can enrich learning, [...]
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