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Teaching humanities in UK medical schools: towards community-building and coherence
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Medical humanities teaching in UK medical schools has lacked cohesion, having developed opportunistically in different locations. Cohesion is necessary to develop an identifiable community of practice, but within that community there can be multiple readings of what ‘medical humanities’ are and how they may develop. This article details discussions held by medical humanities scholars teaching in UK medical schools at a workshop in January 2025 at the University of Oxford covering five key areas: the role of humanities scholars in medical schools, patients as partners in medical education, core curriculum teaching, intercalated teaching, and assessment. Our discussion highlights opportunities and challenges facing humanities teaching in UK medical schools today and calls for the creation of a community of medical humanities scholars working in UK medical education embracing diversity of opinion and practices. The article is specifically written as a synopsis of a brainstorming symposium.
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- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/s40592-025-00249-y
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- Springer Nature
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- Monash Bioethics Review More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2025-05-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2025-04-30
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1836-6716
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1321-2753
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English
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2127072
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pubs:2127072
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2025-05-29
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