Program in Narrative Medicine

All second-year medical students at Columbia are required to complete an intensive ½ semester seminar in humanities. Each year, all second-year medical students select among the 12-14 concurrent humanities seminars offered. Typically, the catalogue includes seminars in literary studies, narrative writing, history of medicine, ethics, visual arts, religious studies, and alternative medicine.

Narrative Medicine Seminars 2004:
S1 The Philosophy of Death
S2 Faith in the Practice of Medicine
S3 Reading the Body, Writing the Body: Women’s Illness Narratives
S4 The City of the Hospital: The Medical Student as Writer
S5 Fiction Workshop
S6 Life Drawing for Medical Students
S7 Drawing from Classical Greek Sculpture
S8 Black-and-White Photography: Introduction to Composition and Printing
S9 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
S10 Physician Activism
S11 Acupuncture: History, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice

Narrative Medicine Seminars 2003:
S1 The Philosophy of Death
S2 Faith in the Practice of Medicine
S3 Anatomy Lessons: Poetry of the Body
S4 Reading the Body, Writing the Body: Women's Illness Narratives
S5 Love and Knowledge in the Clinical Narrative
S6 The City of the Hospital: The Medical Student as Writer
S7 Fiction Workshop
S8 Life Drawing for Medical Students
S9 Drawing from Classical Greek Sculpture
S10 Black-and-White Photography: Introduction to Composition and Printing
S11 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
S12 Acupuncture: History, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice

Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D
Division of General Medicine
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University

Craig Irvine, Ph.D.
Program in Family Medicine
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University

Edith J Langner MD,
Faculty Director, Arts in Medicine Project
Program in Narrative Medicine

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		All second-year medical students at Columbia are required to complete an intensive ½ semester seminar in humanities. Each year, all second-year medical students select among the 12-14 concurrent humanities seminars offered. Typically, the catalogue includes seminars in literary studies, narrative writing, history of medicine, ethics, visual arts, religious studies, and alternative medicine. Narrative Medicine Seminars Spring 2012 Narrative Medicine Seminars Fall 2011 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2010 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2009 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2008 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2007 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2006 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2005 Narrative Medicine Seminars 2004: S1 The Philosophy of Death S2 Faith in the Practice of Medicine S3 Reading the Body, Writing the Body: Women’s Illness Narratives S4 The City of the Hospital: The Medical Student as Writer S5 Fiction Workshop S6 Life Drawing for Medical Students S7 Drawing from Classical Greek Sculpture S8 Black-and-White Photography: Introduction to Composition and Printing S9 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction S10 Physician Activism S11 Acupuncture: History, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice Narrative Medicine Seminars 2003: S1 The Philosophy of Death S2 Faith in the Practice of Medicine S3 Anatomy Lessons: Poetry of the Body S4 Reading the Body, Writing the Body: Women's Illness Narratives S5 Love and Knowledge in the Clinical Narrative S6 The City of the Hospital: The Medical Student as Writer S7 Fiction Workshop S8 Life Drawing for Medical Students S9 Drawing from Classical Greek Sculpture S10 Black-and-White Photography: Introduction to Composition and Printing S11 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction S12 Acupuncture: History, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice Present Faculty Ana Blohm, MD Columbia University Mt. Sinai Visiting Doctors Program Rika Burnham The Frick Collection Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D Division of General Medicine College of Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University Sayantani DasGupta, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Pediatrics Jennifer Stevens Madoff Dickson, DrPH School of Public Health Program in Narrative Medicine Columbia University Jane Fried, M.D. Department of Pediatrics NY State Psychiatric Institute David Hellerstein, MD Clinical Director New York State Psychiatric Institute Nellie Hermann, MFA Program in Narrative Medicine Columbia University Marsha Hurst, Ph.D. Program in Narrative Medicine Columbia University Craig Irvine, Ph.D. Program in Family Medicine College of Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University Rachel Jacobs, Ph.D. Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Edith J Langner MD, Faculty Director, Arts in Medicine Project Program in Narrative Medicine Carrie McGhee Museum of Modern Art, New York Maura Spiegel, Ph.D. Visiting Professor of English Columbia University Polly Wheat, M.D. Columbia University Director of Student Health at CUMC Anna Willieme, MFA Metropolitan Museum of Art
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