The medical humanities – How far have we come?
Introduction: The medical humanities (MH) have the potential to support medical education (ME) by developing observational skills, promote reflective practice and transformative growth. However, contextual content and methods relevant to our local and regional learners and teachers are lacking. Me...
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| description | Introduction: The medical humanities (MH) have the potential to support medical education (ME) by developing observational skills, promote reflective practice and transformative growth. However, contextual content and methods relevant to our local and regional learners and teachers are lacking.
Methods: We describe three MH-based ME programmes within SingHealth to illustrate our considerations in the choice of conceptual frameworks and content selection in programme development and evaluation.
Results: Highlighting pertinent challenges in developing the field due to poor awareness, lack of resources and research capability, we emphasise the importance of interdisciplinarity, engaging leadership, and generating research output. Broad strategies to achieve these goals are then presented.
Conclusion: Highlighting challenges due to the lack of awareness, administrative and funding support, and research capability, we propose strategies to overcome such barriers and hope that readers will be inspired to contribute to this developing landscape where science and art intersect. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c9c8d1dab364e048a35fc3bb86a60122025-08-20T02:06:27ZengNational University of SingaporeThe Asia Pacific Scholar2424-93352424-92702025-04-01102131610.29060/TAPS.2025-10-2/GP3456The medical humanities – How far have we come?Eng Koon Ong0Wen Shan Sim1Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore; Office of Medical Humanities, SingHealth Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, Singapore; Division of Cancer Education, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Assisi Hospice, SingaporeDuke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Maternal Fetal Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore; PGY1 Programme, SingHealth, SingaporeIntroduction: The medical humanities (MH) have the potential to support medical education (ME) by developing observational skills, promote reflective practice and transformative growth. However, contextual content and methods relevant to our local and regional learners and teachers are lacking. Methods: We describe three MH-based ME programmes within SingHealth to illustrate our considerations in the choice of conceptual frameworks and content selection in programme development and evaluation. Results: Highlighting pertinent challenges in developing the field due to poor awareness, lack of resources and research capability, we emphasise the importance of interdisciplinarity, engaging leadership, and generating research output. Broad strategies to achieve these goals are then presented. Conclusion: Highlighting challenges due to the lack of awareness, administrative and funding support, and research capability, we propose strategies to overcome such barriers and hope that readers will be inspired to contribute to this developing landscape where science and art intersect. https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/taps/the-medical-humanities-how-far-have-we-come/ |
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