Stanford Center for
Biomedical Ethics

Program on Arts, Humanities & Medicine

The Arts, Humanities and Medicine Program at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics provides a focal point for integrating the arts and humanities into medical education, the medical center community and the practice of medicine at Stanford. Events include the annual spring Medicine and the Muse Symposium and  Music and Medicine: The Art of Listening.
program features and updates

Medicine and the Muse featured in Bench and Bedside: A Magazine for the Alumni of Stanford University Medical Center:
http://med.stanford.edu/alumni/magazine/aug2009/music.html

Shaolin Temple Monk PictureCongratulations to our
Education Coordinator Paula Bailey on the publication of her article:

Bailey, Paula. Stillness in Motion: Wisdom From a Shaolin Martial Monk. Black Belt Magazine May 2009 47(5):106-8

Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities concentrator
Cheri Blauwet is featured as a medical school graduate 2009
in the Medical Center Report:
http://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2009/grad-blauwet-0610.html 
Congratulations Cheri!

View a video of medical student Steven Lin's premiere production of his original play, "A Beautiful Sadness" >>

View a video of Medicine and the Muse 2008 via CWP here (Stanford students and faculty only). Log in and look under MS Student Resources; direct questions to Brian Tobin.

Featured Site: Visit the Medicine and the Muse page to view details on this year's production, or to download the flyer.

Contact Audrey Shafer, MD if you would like your work included on this site.

upcoming events

Fall 2009
Writing Workshops with Sharon Bray Dates and details here: Workshopœ

January 11, 2010
Music and the Brain Speaker Series Center for Arts, Science, and Technology, Stanford University
Aniruddh D. Patel, Ph.D.
Information is available at : http://www.stanford.edu/group/brainwaves/

January 20-23, 2010
Medical Film Symposium Philadelphia, PA
www.medicalfilmsymposium.com
Contact: info@medicalfilmsymposium.com

April 8, 2010
Medicine and the Muse: An Arts, Humanities and Medicine Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell, author (The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw)
5p - 7p: speakers, presentations and music by medical students
7p-8p: Art exhibit and reception
Location (tentative): LKSC (new med school building) Conference Center Ballroom
Contact: Paula Bailey
pbailey at stanford dot edu
Download the flyer (PDF)

about the program

The Arts, Humanities and Medicine Program promotes creative and scholarly work at the intersections between the arts, humanities and medicine in order to enhance our understanding of the contextual meanings of illness, healthcare, and the human condition.

 

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