Medical Humanities BA/BS

James.tabery@utah.edu

The medical ( or health) humanities draws on ideas, concepts, practices, and methodologies from diverse humanistic and artistic disciplines, such as theater, history, disability studies, communication, philosophy, poetry, literature, dance, and ethnic studies (to name just a few of the fields), to inquire into the human condition and its relationship with health, illness, and healing. It is an inherently interdisciplinary enterprise, which trains students interested in health and healthcare to be creative thinkers, team workers, skilled communicators, eager consumers of research, patient-centered, ethically intelligent, and receptive to the great variety of perspectives and expertise that can bear on health and disease.