Introducing Medical Humanities--Use of Humour for Teaching Ethics

2015 ◽  
pp. 301-307
Author(s):  
Ayesha Ahmad ◽  
Tamkin Khan ◽  
Shridhar Dwivedi ◽  
Farah Kausar
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Social Commentary ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come

Use of Medical humanities to teach empathy started to come into being nearly 50 years ago. It has been introduced in most of the medical schools in the West for many years. In India the concept is still in its infancy with very few medical schools teaching the subject. This study was undertaken as a pilot project at the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi to introduce the concept of empathy through medical humanities to undergraduate students. Students were explained the definition, meaning, scope and purpose of medical humanities. The authors aimed at sensitising the students to the importance of the public image of their profession through humour/jokes. The students were encouraged to discuss and reflect on the reasons for a negative image. The session ended by asking for commitment on their part to behave in a more ethical and professional manner once they start practicing medicine. The session was appreciated by most of the students. Majority agreed that medical humanities was an interesting way to develop empathy in doctors and develop ethical values, professionalism and communication skills. It is imperative that communication skills, professionalism and ethics are integrated into medical curriculum at all stages to inculcate empathy in medical students. Medical humanities modules are an interesting way of achieving this aim. Humour has been used as a pedagogic and communication tool in medicine. Its use for reflection and analysis of a situation or as a tool of social commentary to bring about corrective change can be explored. Further research in the subject is required; curriculum needs to be defined, teachers need to be educated and trained.

Introducing Medical Humanities--Use of Humour for Teaching Ethics

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Ayesha Ahmad ◽  
Tamkin Khan ◽  
Shridhar Dwivedi ◽  
Farah Kausar
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Social Commentary ◽  
The Subject

Use of Medical humanities to teach empathy started to come into being nearly 50 years ago. It has been introduced in most of the medical schools in the West for many years. In India the concept is still in its infancy with very few medical schools teaching the subject. This study was undertaken as a pilot project at the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi to introduce the concept of empathy through medical humanities to undergraduate students. Students were explained the definition, meaning, scope and purpose of medical humanities. The authors aimed at sensitising the students to the importance of the public image of their profession through humour/jokes. The students were encouraged to discuss and reflect on the reasons for a negative image. The session ended by asking for commitment on their part to behave in a more ethical and professional manner once they start practicing medicine. The session was appreciated by most of the students. Majority agreed that medical humanities was an interesting way to develop empathy in doctors and develop ethical values, professionalism and communication skills. It is imperative that communication skills, professionalism and ethics are integrated into medical curriculum at all stages to inculcate empathy in medical students. Medical humanities modules are an interesting way of achieving this aim. Humour has been used as a pedagogic and communication tool in medicine. Its use for reflection and analysis of a situation or as a tool of social commentary to bring about corrective change can be explored. Further research in the subject is required; curriculum needs to be defined, teachers need to be educated and trained.

Clinical Instruction in Insanity

1871 ◽  
Vol 16 (76) ◽  
pp. 528-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sibbald
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Clinical Instruction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Special Duty

At the meeting of members of the Medico-Psychological Association which took place last November, in Edinburgh, a resolution was passed expressing “a strong opinion as to the necessity of making clinical teaching in insanity imperative in every medical curriculum.” It was agreed that it would not be wise on our part, as an association, to specify the details of those measures, which we hoped the various medical schools might feel disposed to take in furtherance of this object. But it is evidently the special duty of members of this association to consider the subject carefully in every detail, and to be prepared to give a mature opinion upon it.

scholarly journals Effect of epidemiology batch posting in improving attitude towards research among medical students

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1158
Author(s):  
Aparnavi P. ◽  
Venkatesh U. ◽  
Priyanka S. ◽  
Shalini S.
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
Wilcoxon Sign Rank

Background: Epidemiology batch posting (EBP) is conducted only in a few Indian medical colleges for undergraduate students to orient them with research methodologies. EBP is designed to overcome the lacuna in knowledge on attitude towards scientific research amongst medical students. The objective of the study was to study the effect of EBP in improving attitude towards research among medical students.Methods: A pre-post study was conducted on a batch of 40 students (consecutive sampling technique) posted for EBP in Department of Community Medicine, at VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi during October-November 2017. This was well above the required sample size of 16 calculated using G Power 3.1. Data was collected using R-ATR (revised attitude towards research) Data was found to be non-parametric by applying tests of normality. Hence Wilcoxon sign rank test was used to find the statistical significance in change of attitude between pre and post-tests.Results: Participants mean age was 20.50±1.58 yrs and 75% of them were males. The median attitude towards research usefulness increased from 5.25 to 6.75 following EBP. In the domain of positive predisposition towards research, there was an overall positive change in attitude from a median of 4.00 to 5.25. A negative change was shown in ‘research anxiety’ domain, from a median score of 5.00 to 3.00.Conclusions: Authors recommend that Indian medical curriculum should mandate a small group learning model such as EBP for all undergraduate medical students to bring about a positive attitude towards research and to reduce their anxiety levels.

Medical Humanities

2011 ◽  
pp. 210-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ravi Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Ethics Teaching ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
The Relationship

Medical Humanities (MH) provide a contrasting perspective of the arts to the ‘science’ of medicine. A definition of MH agreed upon by all workers is lacking. There are a number of advantages of teaching MH to medical students. MH programs are common in medical schools in developed nations. In developing nations these are not common and in the chapter the author describes programs in Brazil, Turkey, Argentina and Nepal. The relationship between medical ethics and MH is the subject of debate. Medical ethics teaching appears to be commoner compared to MH in medical schools. MH programs are not common in Asia and there are many challenges to MH teaching. Patient and illness narratives are become commoner in medical education. The author has conducted MH programs in two Nepalese medical schools and shares his experiences.

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-566
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Subject

IN COMMON with most medical schools on this Continent at the beginning of the present century, the subject of paediatrics was a very minor one and often nonexistent in the medical curriculum of Canadian medical schools. With the increasing influence of the European and American developments, pioneer work in Canada in the field of children's medicine and surgery was carried forward until lectures were given to final year medical students, and through a gradual process of demonstration and obvious need the courses have been enlarged until they now embrace subject matter which is generally used in most paediatric departments. Canadian medical schools have gradually developed independent departments of paediatrics and today only one department is still within Internal Medicine. Canadian paediatric departments and children's hospitals have kept pace with developments in the United States, Great Britain and Europe, by a constant interchange of graduate and postgraduate students. This commenced in centres in Germany and Europe and extended to Great Britain and the United States. In the early days of paediatrics as a specialty in Canada a small group of physicians engaged in teaching as well as practice formed the Canadian Society for the Study of Diseases of Children. They met annually for the presentation of scientific papers and for interchange of ideas.

Matrix Completions, Moments, and Sums of Hermitian Squares

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihály Bakonyi ◽  
Hugo J. Woerdeman
Keyword(s):  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Measure Theory ◽  
Complex Function ◽  
Complex Function Theory ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Processing Control ◽  
Developing Area

Intensive research in matrix completions, moments, and sums of Hermitian squares has yielded a multitude of results in recent decades. This book provides a comprehensive account of this quickly developing area of mathematics and applications and gives complete proofs of many recently solved problems. With MATLAB codes and more than two hundred exercises, the book is ideal for a special topics course for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in mathematics or engineering, and will also be a valuable resource for researchers. Often driven by questions from signal processing, control theory, and quantum information, the subject of this book has inspired mathematicians from many subdisciplines, including linear algebra, operator theory, measure theory, and complex function theory. In turn, the applications are being pursued by researchers in areas such as electrical engineering, computer science, and physics. The book is self-contained, has many examples, and for the most part requires only a basic background in undergraduate mathematics, primarily linear algebra and some complex analysis. The book also includes an extensive discussion of the literature, with close to six hundred references from books and journals from a wide variety of disciplines.

Sophie Laws, with Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus. Research for Development: A Practical Guide. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications. 2003. xiii+475 pages. Paperback. Indian Rupees 450.00.

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-172
Author(s):  
Mir Annice Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Policy Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Is Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Workers

To implement any successful policy, research about the subject-matter is essential. Lack of knowledge would result in failure and, from an economic point of view, it would lead to a waste of scarce resources. The book under review is essentially a manual which highlights the use of research for development. The book is divided into two parts. Part One informs the reader about concepts and some theory, and Part Two deals with the issue of undertaking research for development. Both parts have 11 chapters each. Chapter 1 asks the basic question: Is research important in development work? The answer is that it is. Research has many dimensions: from the basic asking of questions to the more sophisticated broad-based analysis of policy issues. The chapter, in short, stresses the usefulness of research which development workers ignore at their own peril.

M. V. Nadkarni. Farmer's Movements in India. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1987.237 pp.,Price: (hardbound edition) Rupees (Indian) 100.00.

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-335
Author(s):  
Khwaja Sarmad
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Price Policy ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Land Holdings ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Agricultural Price

This book is a comprehensive analysis of farmers' movements in India with a focus on the movements in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnatka. It examines the economic, social and political aspects of the farmers' struggle for a better deal within regional and national perspectives and evaluates the potential impact of these struggles on economic development in general, and on rural development, in particular. In a most competent way the author has presented the current state of the debate on the subject. He deals exhaustively with the subject of agricultural price policy and argues against the proposition that favourable price-setting for farm products is adequate to alleviate rural poverty. A better way to tackle this problem is to improve the per capita output in the rural sector, since the root cause of the problem is not unfavourable terms of trade but the increasing proportion of land holdings, which are economically not viable. Agricultural price policy is analyzed within the context of class relations, which enables to establish a link between the economic and political demands of the farmers. This analysis leads the author to conclude, that in contrast with the peasants' movements in India, which helped to break up the feudal agrarian set-up, the recent farmers' movements, with a few exceptions, have little revolutionary content. Their leadership has been appropriated by the rich landowners, who have transformed the movements into a lobby for advancing their own interests, within the existing power structure, to the neglect of the poorer peasantry.

The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
Petr Kopečný
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Phenomenological Tradition ◽  
The Third ◽  
Western Philosophical Tradition ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come

The Introduction outlines the various chapters. It then situates the question of ‘body’ in the modern Western philosophical tradition following Descartes, and argues that this leaves subsequent responses to come under one of three options: metaphysical dualism of body and subject; any anti-dualist reductionism; or the overcoming of the divide. Describing the Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty as a potent example of the third strategy, the Introduction then suggests his philosophy will function as foil to the ecological phenomenology developed and presented in the book. Moreover, one approach within the Western Phenomenological tradition, of treating phenomenology as a methodology for the clarification of experience (rather than the means to the determination of an ontology of the subject) is compared to the approach in this book. Since classical India, while understanding dualism, did not confront the challenge of Descartes (for better or for worse), its treatment of body follows a different trajectory.

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