Healthcare Experiences: Observing, Reading, Writing

3 units · Undergraduate

An elective for the Medical Humanities Minor, this course combines practical experience in a health care setting via volunteer work or shadowing with formal study of health, illness, and treatment in contemporary culture. It brings academic and practical learning into productive dialogue to illuminate relations between "theory" and "practice" in health care settings. Prereq: Completion of at least 9 credit hours toward the Medical Humanities Minor or permission of instructor.