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Area of Science:

  • Medical Humanities
  • Health Humanities
  • Academic Program Development

Background:

  • Proliferation of academic programs in medical/health humanities.
  • Professional, academic, and cultural drivers fuel program growth.
  • Need for resources to support new program development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Assess experiences and needs of existing medical/health humanities programs.
  • Identify data and materials crucial for developing new programs.
  • Inform the creation of a comprehensive program development toolkit.

Main Methods:

  • Survey distributed to representatives of 124 baccalaureate and 10 graduate programs.
  • Analysis of survey responses to identify program needs and resource requirements.
  • Review of existing program development drivers and their relation to survey findings.

Main Results:

  • Confirmation of demand for a descriptive toolkit over a prescriptive manual.
  • Identification of essential data and materials for successful new program development.
  • Pinpointing of key areas for future research in medical/health humanities program development.

Conclusions:

  • The Health Humanities Consortium (HHC) is developing an online toolkit based on survey needs.
  • The toolkit will provide resources such as sample syllabi, curricula, and proposal templates.
  • Addressing identified needs will support the sustained growth of medical/health humanities programs.