It baffles me to hear parents tell their kids that art is a hobby, not a career; that you can’t make good money with a degree in English. Wasn’t it just yesterday evening that these same adults binged…
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What advice would you like to give to young artists? Look at these spiritual and religious teaching. READ Morrison. Use storytelling. I always teach storytelling because we tell stories that…
Co-authored with Dr Yasmine Van Wilt, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Mellon Fellow at Union College, Kobalt/AWAL singer-songwriter, dramatist, academic, and contributor to Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. This interview with Psychologist Kathy Pike is the third…
With few exceptions, in order for people in the STEM professions to have an impact, they must be able to write effectively and creatively. Let me illustrate with examples from…
“Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research, [. . .] now takes the medical humanities very seriously. In 2013, the grant funding and direct charitable…
The practice of medicine revolves around people. A person in need is at the center of the health-caring circle, and all around are people who are trying to be of help. Blood tests, respiratory devices, infusions, MRI’s, and…
Why is the threesome of the HHM important? Growing up, one of the first words I remembering uttering was ‘hypertension,’ as my father (the MD, PhD) had plenty scientific journals laying around the house. From a very young…
What happens in medical training is that we separate the scientific aspects from the human aspects. And then we don’t necessarily put them back together…So the humanities, I think, have been…
Although some might be inclined to dismiss the arts as a triviality, luxury, or unjustified expense in a time of concern over rising health care costs, research is showing that…
“If we can change the way they see, then we can change the way they think.” ~Professor David St. John I just love this video. The eerie music grabs your attention, implying that the words being spoken are…
The U.S. healthcare system is designed to provide quality care for Americans. This means that we need to exhibit cultural competency toward all patients. The rise of various ethnic groups in American society, makes it essential for physicians…
Integrative medicine. Alternative therapies. Progressive healthcare. These are all buzzwords emerging in the current lexicon of the health professions, but what do these words actually mean in terms of the future of health care? The arts and humanities…
“No one who studies the humanities could possibly have a practical career in view, anymore than someone who has a practical career in view would ever bother studying the humanities,…
On May 6, 2014 New York State launched a new program that offers a tuition-free college education at State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) schools to top students who pledge to…
Medicines and surgery may cure, but only reading and writing poetry can heal. – J. Arroyo, author
One sunny day over the summer, as I was waiting for my items to be checked out at the supermarket, I struck up a seemingly open, friendly conversation with the cashier. When the subject veered to college and…
