Opportunity
Opportunity
FutureLearn is hosting a free online course delivered by the University of Cape Town which will explore the intersection of medicine, medical anthropology and the creative arts. Over six weeks, participants will visit a new aspect of human life and consider it from the perspectives of people working in health sciences, social sciences and the arts. The course starts on 17 September 2018.
The course will introduce participants to the emerging field of medical humanities and the concept of whole person care, via these six themes:
Contributors to the course will include a psychologist, psychiatrist, heart surgeon, pathologist, oncologist, sociologist, poet and visual artist. They will pose critical questions about how we deal with health, healing and being human.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Course registration: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/medicine-and-the-arts
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