Guest Participants in "Medical Humanities and Jewish Studies" (JUDAIC 318/517)
Academic Year:
2013 - 2014 (June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014)
Funding Requested:
$500.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
For my new workshop course, Medical Humanities and Judaic Studies (JUDAIC 318/517), I am bringing in a variety of people who are involved in healthcare to sit side-by-side with students and participate in class discussion. By bringing guests into selected class meetings, I am offering students the opportunity to discuss texts with those who can offer real-world perspectives on what it is to witness/experience suffering, make complex end-of-life decisions, and nurture clinician-patient relations. Moreover, as many of the guests are extraordinarily accomplished healthcare professionals, they model an appreciation of the Humanities for students.