Why Minor in Medical Humanities?
Interdisciplinary programs are those programs that don't fit neatly into a predefined box. They cross the traditional lines of academic categorization to draw upon and add knowledge to multiple disciplines. They invoke art, science, music, culture and society to better understand complex ideas.
Why Minor in Medical Humanities?
Aside from the obvious reason of adding breadth to your education and the way you think of health care, there are several tangible reasons for minoring in Medical Humanities:
- Careers in the health sciences consistently rank in the top ten for projected job growth through 2020.
- Medical schools are encouraging students to include study in the Humanities and Fine Arts as part of their education.
- Hospitals, including UNMC, have a growing interest in the practice of the Arts and Medicine, Narrative Medicine, and Medical Humanities.
- The minor is also applicable to a wide number of career paths:
- Medicine
- Public Health
- Psychology, Mental Health Psychology and Counseling
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Health Education
- Bioethics
- Health Care Administration
- Communications and PR
- Patient Advocacy
- Human Resources
- Wellness Specialists
- Chaplaincy, Pastoral Care
Knowledge & Skills Gained in the Medical Humanities
- Broadens knowledge of issues related to health, illness, medicine and healing
- Offers a range of diversity-related courses that will help students function more effectively in their professional lives
- Includes options for service learning that will increase opportunities for interaction with health practitioners, as well as local and global communities
- Offers flexibility in course delivery (in person, on-line)
- Supports and complements health-related STEM courses
- May give students an advantage when applying for medical school or other health science-related fields
