Browsing by Subject "medical humanities"

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    Medicine and the Arts Week 1 - Role of the Medical Humanities in humanising healthcare
    (2015-01-21) Reid, Steve
    In this video, Professor Steve Reid describes the various understandings of the field of medical humanities. He explains that the most common understanding of the field is as a dialogue between science and medicine but also highlights other understandings such as art therapy and the applied arts. This is the second video in Week 1 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 1 - The Heart of the Matter
    (2015-01-21) Reid, Steve; Brink, Johan
    In this video, Professor Steve Reid describes how the course will use the extraordinary medical intervention of the heart transplant as a means of understanding the interdisciplinarary nature of the medical humanities. He explains how the heart transplant will be presented from three different perspectives: Professor Johan Brink, a cardiac surgeon, will discuss the medical aspects of the heart transplant, such as the surgery itself and the risks and benefits of the procedure. Peter Andersen, a poet, will discuss the heart from a literary perspective, in terms of metaphor and symbolism. And Stan Henkeman, a heart transplant recipient, will share his personal story of hope and renewal. This is the third video in Week 1 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 1 - Welcome to the course
    (2015-01-21) Reid, Steve; Levine, Susan
    In this video, Associate Professor Susan Levine and Professor Steve Reid from the University of Cape Town introduce the purpose and design of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course. They introduce the concept of medical humanities as a pedagogy to assist in the education and training of medical students in South Africa, addressing the specific social and cultural experiences of healthcare in South Africa and how an interdisciplinary approach between the humanities and medical science can provide a useful lens for addressing the healthcare needs of the country. This is the first video in Week 1 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 2 - Issues of children's voices
    (2015-01-21) Levine, Susan
    In this video, Associate Professor Susan Levine makes the point that we need a better understanding of how children experience chronic illness in institutional settings. She argues that the medical humanities can help us to listen to children's voices and to better understand their experiences of illness. She introduces three guest speakers, all of whose work focuses in one way or another on listening to the stories of youth and young people. This is the first video in Week 2 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 3 - Art embodies values
    (2015-01-21) Solms, Mark
    In this video, neuropsychologist Mark Solms describes how he sees neuroscience offering some insights into understanding how people respond to art and make aesthetic judgments. He argues that there is an underlying evolutionary explanation for these aesthetic judgements and suggests that the medical humanities can draw on other disciplinary fields in order to consider other perspectives on being human. This is the fourth video in Week 3 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.