WSU-SOM Co-Curricular Credit Programs
Humanistic Medicine (HuMED)
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This program is designed to allow students to explore medicine and the human condition. Through activities outside the traditional curriculum, students will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of emotional, spiritual and physical health. Activities will touch on culture, complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ), morality & ethics, and psychosocial issues in illness. Also included are opportunities for participants to shadow CAM practitioners, learn about medicine in the humanities, and meet with a community of like-minded medical students.
Yearly Requirements
1. Educational- 38 hours
"Art and Medicine” Course – 6 X 3.5 hour classes (at least 3 Fall, 3 Spring)
Dr. Robert Zalenski, MD, WSUSOM Professor Emergency Medicine
Dr. Richard Raspa, PhD, WSU Professor & Graduate Chair Interdisciplinary Studies
When we care for a patient, we do much more than perform a differential diagnosis, order tests and prescribe the right therapy. The call of medicine is to relieve a patient's suffering. “Art and Medicine” is a new course that will take you through the richness of human experience as revealed by serious illness. The opportunities for intimacy and healing are explored through great art- literature, painting, poetry, theater, and personal narrative.
Saturday/Week-long Seminar Series – 4 Seminars + Discussions
Students will attend a minimum of four seminars (minimum of two Saturday seminars) including the HuMed CAM Seminar . One-hour discussions will be held following each Saturday seminar. Seminars are held monthly on either Saturday morning or at noon during the week.
2. Experiential – 32 hours
Students will have opportunities to learn about complimentary and alternative medicine and other issues not presented in the curriculum through a variety of experiences. Students will spend a minimum of three 4-hour visits totaling 12 hours. Students may choose to spend additional time in a variety of ways (see below). Other experiences may be pre-approved by Georgia Wilder.
- Shadowing a CAM practitioner
- Recording patient narratives @ Veteran's Hospital
- Volunteering in with one of the following organizations (or one pre-approved by Georgia Wilder)
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Senior Citizen Outreach Program (SCOP) |
Karmanos Cancer Institute |
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Hospice of Michigan or Hospice of Karmanos |
Vista Maria Center |
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VA Hospital |
American Indian Health Services |
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Covenant House |
World Health Student Organization |
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Project H |
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3. Group Discussion – 6 hours
Students will meet for one hour each month for a discussion session. Students may attend the functional medicine interest group for a maximum of three hours. Topics addressed will include CAM , culture and medicine, morality & ethics, psychosocial issues in illness, and self-care and balance for medical students.
For more info, contact:
Andrea Doud (adoud); Elizabeth Neil (eneil); Deepti Reddy (dreddy); Adrian Pichurko (apichurk)
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