An Overview of the Medicine and Humanities International Program, an International Educational Initiative

Ali Chour (1, 2) , Syeda S Hashmi (3) , Jia Wem Lim (4) , Benjamin Lyu Bin (4) , Jonathan Gendron Rossignol (3) , Nicolas Lechopier (5, 1, 2)

1 UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
2 Université de Lyon
3 uOttawa - Université d'Ottawa [Ontario]
4 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
5 EA S2HEP - Sciences et Société ; Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques

Background: In a changing world, with increasing disparity, health care burden, and innovation, medical students are benefiting from a well-rounded, collaborative, and humanistic style of medicine, in order to stay grounded, flexible, and resilient. We present the first Medicine and Humanities International Program (MHIP). The medical faculties of Lyon University (France), Ottawa University (Canada), Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) established a professional partnership in 2016, with the purpose of raising awareness for medical humanities. Method: The first MHIP Summer School was held in Ottawa in July 2017. It introduced a variety of course work, group activity, and experiential learning, allowing students to work together to address the role of humanities within medicine, as ell as critically thinking upon the social determinants of health and its impact on health. The 2017 Summer School gathered 7 students. The themes included the history of medicine, philosophy, arts, literature and the humanities. Students also earned about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its holistic approach towards healthcare. Survey responses were collected from each course, to collect information on student experience and preliminary results show strong satisfaction with highlights on the cultural richness of the experience. Results: This school allowed students and instructors to forge long-lasting professional networks, paving the way for research, work collaboration, and increased learning. This was represented by work done by three medical students, in their 8-week project in Shanghai, conducting an observational field report and comparison of the medical curricula across the four medical faculties and writing a report for each faculty. Opportunities for clinical exchange internships were also created. The next Summer School will be organized in Lyon in July 2018, adding a fifth faculty (Saint-Etienne, France) to the MHIP. Conclusion: The MHIP is an opportunity to explore new approaches to medical training, as well as new educational methods that could be implemented in medical curricula. This school promotes intercultural exchange, professional collaboration, and learning between future physicians and researchers from across the world.

Domaines: Education; Etudes classiques; Ethique; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Médecine humaine et pathologie

Ali Chour, Syeda S Hashmi, Jia Wem Lim, Benjamin Lyu Bin, Jonathan Gendron Rossignol, et al.. An Overview of the Medicine and Humanities International Program, an International Educational Initiative. International Association for Medical Education AMEE, Aug 2018, Basel, Switzerland. ⟨halshs-01903457⟩