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Program in Medical Humanities and Arts (PMHA)
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The new year has been full of medical humanities and arts events. One of the many highlights is the Healing through Humanities (HtH) undergraduate club photo-narrative project “Voices of Family Medicine.” The photo exhibit took place on the UCI campus in late February, with nearly 100 attendees. The project aims to share the wide range of care Family Medicine physicians provide and the diverse patients who seek care at the FHC in Santa Ana. Over several months, HtH students visited the FHC-SA to take photos and interview physicians and patients. Drs Lynette Anderson, Shane Jones, and Anthony Nguyen generously gave their time for this project. Faculty advisors included Drs. Baotran Vo, Tan Nguyen, and Juliet McMullin. We will have the traveling exhibit at the Medical Humanities and Arts event on May 19th. We hope to bring the exhibit to the FHC-SA soon. Until then, you can see the photo narratives at this link.
The Sixth Annual Poetry Symposium: Healing and Hope through Diverse Journeys was an exploration of the effects of racism in all its manifestations. Poets explored the professional and personal impacts of racism as well as the healing of self and others from racism. Keynote poets Dr. Candice Lucas Taylor and Jamielle Rankine, and all the performing poets demonstrated how writing could be used to examine intimate moments of suffering as well as provoking our imaginations, offering different stories and more life-affirming possibilities for supporting each other. Contributing poets' work, which includes UCI physicians, MS3 Bethlehem Tesfaye and Sunia Khan, and undergraduate and public health students, will be published in the 2023 issue of Plexus.
Upcoming Event: The Program in Medicine Humanities and Arts will host the launch of the 23rd issue of Plexus, the Medical Student Art Exhibit, the “Voices of Family Medicine” traveling exhibit, and a performance from the MS Medical Improv class on Friday, May 19th, from 4-7 pm. We’ll also announce awardees for the Art Exhibit, Medical Education Humanities and Arts Award, and the MS Summer Research Award. Keep an eye out for the registration information.
Please contact Dr. Juliet McMullin at mcmullj@hs.uci.edu or Dr. Tan Nguyen at tanqn@hs.uci.edu to learn more about the Program in Medical Humanities and Arts.
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