Medical Humanities in Australia

Category: Academic Initiative / Educational Program

Key Focus Areas: History of health and medicine; medical humanities coordination; regional capacity building across Australia and south-east Asia

Primary Institution: Centre for Medical Humanities, Sydney

Leadership: Dr Claire Hooker, specialist in history of health, medicine, and medical humanities

Current Activities: Quarterly newsletters (January–March 2011); calls for papers; upcoming events; course offerings

Evidence Grade: Established institutional framework with demonstrated scholarly output and regional influence.

Mechanism of Action: Integrates historical, social, and humanistic perspectives into medical education and research to promote holistic understanding of healthcare practice.

Scope: Serves antipodean researchers and practitioners; coordinates medical humanities scholarship across Australia and south-east Asia.

The Centre for Medical Humanities in Sydney has just published its January 2011 Newsletter, February 2011 Newsletter, and March 2011 Newsletter.

The Centre, run by the marvellous Dr Claire Hooker, a specialist in the history of health and medicine as well as the medical humanities, plays a central role in coordinating medical humanities activities in Australia and across south-east Asia.

Featured in the newsletter are a number of fascinating CFPs, upcoming events, and insights into the latest course offerings – definitely a recommended read for any antipodean readers of this blog!