International Health Humanities Network Membership

 

I am a family physician and course director for the M3/4 Patient Physician and Society course(PPS) at the VCU School of Medicine. I was the director of the family medicine clerkship for 20 years.

 

PPS runs throughout all 4 years of medical school and covers diverse topics such as palliative care, death and dying; spirituality in medicine, doctor patient relationships, health care disparities and other topics.

During the M3 year students write reflective essays about challenging patient care experiences and work in teams on a humanism inquiry project to share with their classmates at the end of M4 year.

I developed wellness workshops that used theater, painting, yoga, music, writing and craft making to take a breath from clinic duties. 

With VCU library colleagues we developed a virtual collaborative poetry workshop that addresses physician burnout and isolation.