PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deborah Kirklin
TI  - Humanities in medical training and education
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.1-1-25
DP  - 2001 Jan 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 25--27
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/1/1/25.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/1/1/25.full
SO  - Clin Med2001 Jan 01; 1
AB  - This paper explores how current developments within medical humanities might provide a way to both understand and address the origin of recent events that have left the profession branded as arrogant, out of touch and misguided. The arts provide a powerful medium to improve the understanding of the experience of illness. Furthermore the understanding obtained is qualitatively different from that acquired in the traditional doctor-patient encounter. In addition medical humanities can create a space for doctors to reflect on their own practice and experiences. The benefits of using this space are illustrated with four examples of arts-based education delivered to groups of practitioners at different stages in their professional lives.