Can a New Generation of Med Students Help Push Medicare for All?
Inside the growing activist energy among current and recent med students.
Medical School
To Be a Good Doctor, Study the Humanities
An emphasis on the humanities in medical school trains future doctors to become proficient in the social and cultural context of health care.
Medical Students Benefit From Studying Visual Art
New research finds observational skills learned at the museum can be easily applied to clinical work.
A Safer Health-Care System Starts With the Liberal Arts
In today’s professional world, obtaining information is not nearly as important as learning what to do with it.
To Create Better Doctors, Cultivate Their Creative Side
Two members of a prominent medical school faculty make the case for incorporating arts-related training into the curriculum.
Disrupting Medical Education
A combination of MOOCs and community-based training sites could result not only in better education for future physicians, but in higher quality, more widely available, and affordable health care for everyone.