Impact Reports

University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Delhi was the first medical school in India to inculcate humanities among medical students, as well as among teaching and non-teaching staff, in the form of a ‘Medical Humanities Group (MHG)’. Initially the activities were directed towards sharing literature on medical humanities, with a bias to our own culture; these include poetry in the Indian languages (Hindi) initially. Student-led meetings in faculty presence were held during lunchtime in the inaugural year. From the second year of conception, ‘Confluence’ was contrived as a colloquium whereby art and medicine could be discussed and appreciated in togetherness. It began as a lecture series comprising of eminent guest lectures.

The Medical Humanities Group of the University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India formed a special interest group on disability under the leadership of Dr Satendra Singh designated ‘Infinite Ability’. The main purpose behind the formation of the group was the promotion and coordination among medical persons with disabilities of medical humanitarian approaches that would focus on four competency-based learning objectives of narrative medicine: graphic medicine; interpersonal and communication skills; patient care, and professionalism.

Prayer’s psychological dimension opens new fertile perspectives on the academic study of prayer and health.

The aim of this project is to understand the scope and scale of problems facing migrant nurses in meeting the English standards for registration in Australia.

Findings may be used to improve the registration process of migrant nurses in the design of more effective, professionally directed methods of English language testing and education.

This will contribute to an improvement in the experience of gaining registration for NESB nurses as well as being more effectively language-ready upon gaining employment post-registration and the reduction of the economic, social and personal difficulties faced by NESB nurses.

The findings could also inform other health professions encountering similar issues with their English testing processes for migrants.

The public health and social justice website can be found at:

http://www.publichealthandsocialjustice.org  or  http://www.phsj.org

The website contains articles and open-access slide shows, syllabi, and other documents relevant to topics in public health and social justice, along with hundreds of external links. There is significant content focusing on the medical humanities on the "Literature, Medicine, and Public Health" page at http://phsj.org/literature-medicine-and-public-health/.