Telling the Patient’s Story details a theatre company’s attempts to develop medical students’ case presentation skills. Workshops, covering everything from improvisation, personal monologues and body language, had a marked effect on the students, with all participants agreeing that the training improved their delivery of patient histories. http://mh.bmj.com/content/37/1/18.abstract So, the arts and humanities can help medical […]
Category: Provocations
These blog posts should argue a point of contention within the field, either taking a new perspective on existing issues or suggesting a new approach to a problem. These contribute a field-shaping voice by providing a place for scholars to stake a claim on new research areas. Responses are encouraged/
Word count: up to 500
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Eating yourself sick in pregnancy: why it would be NICE to understand the historical context
Earlier this month the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence produced very welcome guidance for all of those who have a direct or indirect role in, and responsibility for women who are pregnant or who are planning a pregnancy and mothers who have had a baby in the last 2 years. http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH27 As […]