Medical/Health Humanities: "Mix and Match" Clerkship Elective

Medical/Health Humanities:  "Mix and Match" 

Diversification = Not classified

Please contact Dr Pamela Brett-MacLean, pbrett@ualberta.ca before requesting this elective through MedSIS

Placement Contact:  Lisa Bussiere ahhm@ualberta.ca

This elective provides an opportunity for 3rd and 4th year students to explore or further extend their exploration into the medical/ health humanities.

A broad, interdisciplinary field, the medical/ health humanities encompasses a range of disciplines, including philosophy and ethics, history, literature, law, religious studies/ spirituality, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, film, visual art, etc. These various disciplinary perspectives provide critical insights into human and socio-cultural dimensions of illness and healthcare experiences, which can help to foster understanding, care and compassion, self-reflection, action
and advocacy.

Students who sign up for the Medical/ Health Humanities "Mix and Match" will develop a personalized learning plan that includes a number of AHHM and related
medical/ health humanities elective experiences, adding up to 40-120 hours (1-3 weeks, 40 hrs/week) of elective time. Elective experiences can be selected from:

Year 1 & 2 Electives

• Shadowing Artists on the Wards: Promoting Patient-Centredness through an Arts-based Medical Elective
• Spirituality and Health: Spiritual Care Shadowing Elective
• The Healer's Art: Remembering the Heart of Medicine
• The Art of Observation: Learning to See
• Introduction to Mindfulness

-other potential elective experiences may also be proposed, e.g. Medical Ethics:
An Introduction, etc.

Year 3 & Year 4 Electives
Art in Medicine (AIM) Project: Clinical Elective
Directed Studies in Medical/ Health Humanities: Clinical Elective

… other potential elective experiences may also be proposed, e.g. An Experience in Bioethics, etc.

A pass/ fail grade will be assigned and narrative assessment will be given of the student's effort (as per the standard "Assessment of Elective Performance" form).

Students will be invited to complete a feedback form to help the elective coordinators improve this elective experience for students in subsequent years.

This elective requires an approved Medical/Health Humanities "Mix and Match" elective proposal prior to submission of an elective application. Students interested in this elective are encouraged to arrange a meeting with Dr. Pamela Brett-MacLean.

Last Updated: June 2, 2021