UCT GSB - Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare

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Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare
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Duration	6 weeks
Total fee	₹2,252
Mode of learning	Online
Official Website	Go to Website
Credential	Certificate

Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare
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Duration 6 weeks
Weekly study 3 hours
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Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare
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This free online course will explore the intersection of medicine, medical anthropology and the creative arts. Through each of its six weeks, we'll visit a new aspect of human life and consider it from the perspectives of people working in health sciences, social sciences and the arts.
The course will introduce you to the emerging field of medical humanities and the concept of whole person care, via these six themes:
Together, we'll question our propensity to separate the body from the mind in healthcare, consider what defines humanity, and share points of connection and difference between art and medicine.
Contributors to the course will include a psychologist, psychiatrist, heart surgeon, pathologist, oncologist, sociologist, poet and visual artist. They will pose critical questions about how we deal with health, healing and being human.
Each has been filmed on location in Cape Town, including at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, the Heart of Cape Town Museum, and the Pathology Learning Centre.
The course will encourage you to discuss your ideas with learners all over the world, and reflect on the ways in which bodies, health, social life, culture and the imagination intersect in your local setting. Together, we'll ask:
By the end of the course, you'll understand multiple, complex perspectives on health, illness and healing, and be able to create alternative responses to important health challenges.
You can find out more in Susan Levine and Steve Reid's post for the Future Learn blog.