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Hi Everyone!

We had our first meeting on Wednesday, January 16th. We mainly went over a general overview of the club and updated everyone on our ongoing projects. Thank you to new and current members that came to the meeting! We look forward to this quarter with you!

Hi Everyone,

This week we looked at this article about the inconsistency between new research and applications in practice. In addition, we discussed blog post ideas for individual members. Remember to finish those by the end of winter break!

Here’s the article link if you’re interested in reading about it: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/02/when-evidence-says-no-but-doctors-say-yes/517368/?fbclid=IwAR22A8QrdDOx1B4uYIDDVTtbB28jYkONQc48bE7t8xd8YWsNnPZaRNE0dGU

Good luck in finals, and make sure to take care of yourselves!

Hello everyone,

This week we watched a video regarding Michael Vitez’s Narrative Medicine program in Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Similar to his photojournalism project conducted by his medicine students, we plan on creating a similar “Humans of New York” photojournal for the patients in the UCI Family Health Center in Santa Ana this coming winter quarter.

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kP1QYFfMzs&fbclid=IwAR2b4m69ernmrUrULo39jE0ownuwH0qdeH7yvSDhR4EuwcWM3GLUw4JbtGE

Hey everyone,

Hope you’re all surviving midterms! For Week 5’s meeting, we discussed an article about the compassion fatigue and physician burnout.

Article description:

The notion of physician burnout has been gaining more notoriety, but there is still significant debate about its causes. Is it caused by doctors simply “caring too much” or are there other causes that are inherent within the healthcare system? The following article argues that the former is not the case, and although fatigue can arise from being compassionate, the recovery rate is much better than that of physician burnout. In sum, the author argues that it is crucial for doctors to display compassion towards their patients, as it is a therapeutic relationship and should be treated as such.

Article link: http://www.compassionfatigue.org/pages/HuggardMedicalEducation.pdf

Good luck with the rest of your midterms! We’ll see you at our Week 7 meeting!

Hi everyone,

In our Week 3 meeting, we dwelled on the future impact of robotics in the medical field, especially in the service section. Are robots a feasible option for caregiving? In what ways can robotics be used without taking away the human aspect of medicine?

Here’s the article we discussed: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791114000511. Let us know what you think!

We hope you’re all having a good start to fall quarter! Please join us on Thursday, October 4th at 5pm in Humanities Gateway 2320 for some free snacks and information about our organization. We will be discussing our new narrative medicine blog, volunteer opportunities, and medical school classes. We look forward to seeing you there!

We hope you are having a nice Spring Break! We wanted to let you know that our first meeting of the quarter will be Monday of Week 1 (April 2nd) from 6-7pm.

We encourage everyone to come out! We have some great topics/activities planned for this quarter, so be sure to come to meeting for more information. Here are the pieces for this meeting:

http://aspiringdocsdiaries.org/a-frustrated-patient/
As pre-health students, we may often feel that we have a limited role in our clinical experiences, whether it be in shadowing, volunteering, or scribing. In this piece, entitled “A Frustrated Patient,” pre-med student Amy Lober reminds us that, in these experience, we truly are beginning to learn the art of doctoring, and that we do have to power to impact patients lives through our work, even at this stage.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/06/the-morbid-fascination-with-the-death-of-the-humanities/372216/
As members of this club, we understand the value of the humanities in teaching us compassion and empathy — essential traits in patient care. However, this article discusses the reasons why some people are putting less importance on the humanities, but also argues how helpful it can actually be in a STEM based education system.

Hello everyone!

As medical professionals, we must be attentive and observant when working with patients. This allows us to analyze facial features, notice emotions and pick up on contextual factors that help paint a “picture” of the patient. Next week, we’d like to delve deeper in the importance of visual literacy in medicine. Dr. Katrina Bramstedt explains this concept into her article “The Use of Visual Arts as a Window to Diagnosing Medical Pathologies” :

http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2016/08/imhl1-1608.html

In the future, we would like to visit a local art museum to practice the art of visual interpretation. Is this a club event that you would be interested in having? Feel free to let us know your thoughts at meeting!

Similar to visual literacy, narrative competency is another key trait to have as a physician. In the past, we have talked about the concept of narrative medicine (https://news.aamc.org/medical-education/article/narrative-medicine-every-patient-has-story/). This week, we’d like to explore an example storytelling as a method of coping. In her piece entitled “How to Tell a Mother Her Child is Dead,” Dr. Naomi Rosenberg details a harrowing experience that providers encounter so often:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/how-to-tell-a-mother-her-child-is-dead.html

Looking forward to seeing everyone at meeting! Feel free to reach out to us with any comments or questions as always!

Hello everyone!

We hope you are having a great long weekend! As we mentioned at our last session, we wont be meeting at our usual time this week, since tomorrow is a holiday. We were initially planning on moving the meeting to later in the week, but instead, we would like to encourage you to attend a wonderful medical humanities event that is happening this Thursday! It is the First Annual Symposium on Healing and Hope: An Evening of Poetry by Patients, Family Members, and Health Professionals.

http://illuminations.uci.edu/events/2018_2_22_Healing_and_Hope1.html

Please see the link above for more information. The event is on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 5:30pm in Humanities Gateway 1030, and will showcase how poetry can serve as a healing art for healthcare professionals and patients. There is an opportunity to mingle and eat before the event starts, as well a reception following. It is free, but please be sure to register beforehand.

The event is co-sponsored by the UCI School of Nursing, the UCI Medical Humanities Initiative, the UCISoM Program in Medical Humanities, and the Laguna Poets Workshop. It will feature medical students, professors, and doctors so we hope you can take advantage of this opportunity! Some our board members will be there, and we hope to see you there as well!

Although there is no specific article/piece this week, we will keep the comments section below open in case you have any thoughts or ideas about the event you would like to share!