An Introduction to Medical Humanities is a professional development course designed for any English teacher working with medical professionals. The course will guide you through what you need to know so you can use the humanities in your lessons with confidence.
This 10-hour online course shows you how literature, poetry and art can be used to develop your courses and engage your students. It analyses the power of the medical humanities to develop skills of observation, analysis, empathy and self-reflection, and to deal more effectively with ambiguity, bias, and uncertainty. And what this means in terms of delivering a more fully-developed provision of healthcare.
As you work through the course, you are invited to develop a lesson plan which you can submit for feedback from our course trainers.
The course consists of video explainers from experts, a range of texts and reflective tasks, case studies, and multiple links to useful resources. As a teacher, you can study the course in your own time or incorporate it into your team’s professional development programme.
You look at how literature, poetry and art are relevant to medicine. As part of this, you look at examples of work written by famous writers such as Chekhov and WH Auden, as well as medical students.
You reflect on the impact that humanities have on how we view health and healthcare.
The course contains numerous examples and case studies of how the medical humanities can be applied in practice.
Towards the end of the course, you will go through how lessons can be developed using the medical humanities. You will then be asked to write a lesson plan using what you have learnt and think about how you can apply it to your students.
You can share this assignment with your colleagues or send to an EALTHY expert who will give you personalised feedback and advice.
To change currency, select your preferred option when you checkout.
The course covers a lot of ground in a short time and includes video from expert contributors, examples of literature and poetry, case studies, and lots of ideas on how the medical humanities can be applied in practice.
Inputs, examples and tasks are varied throughout, ensuring the course remains engaging, thought-provoking and insightful.
There are video contributions from experts throughout the course, giving you food for thought and new ways of understanding how medical humanities can be seen and applied in the medical English classroom.
The course is very much about applying theory into practice, with examples throughout the units.
There are interactive tasks and quizzes throughout along with a number of more reflective exercises, so you are constantly active while learning.
EALTHY is the international association for teachers of English for Healthcare, offering professional development and access to research for a global community.
You will receive your CPD-accredited Certificate of Achievement after completing the course with an overall score of 80% or more.
You have 3 months to complete the course from when you first activate it.
To change currency, select your preferred option when you checkout.
The course covers a lot of ground in a short time and includes video from expert contributors, examples of literature and poetry, case studies, and lots of ideas on how the medical humanities can be applied in practice.
An invaluable opportunity to have an expert go through your lesson plan, and give their feedback and suggestions for practice and improvement.
Inputs, examples and tasks are varied throughout, ensuring the course remains engaging, thought-provoking and insightful.
There are video contributions from experts throughout the course, giving you food for thought and new ways of understanding how medical humanities can be seen and applied in the medical English classroom.
The course is very much about applying theory into practice, with examples throughout the units.
There are interactive tasks and quizzes throughout along with a number of more reflective exercises, so you are constantly active while learning.
EALTHY is the international association for teachers of English for Healthcare, offering professional development and access to research for a global community.
You will receive your CPD-accredited Certificate of Achievement after completing the course with an overall score of 80% or more.
You have 3 months to complete the course from when you first activate it.
Catherine Richards Golini currently works as a medical editor and as a teacher of English for medical purposes in Switzerland.
She is the founder of EALTHY, the international association for teachers of English for Healthcare and founder of the biannual English for Healthcare Conference. She conducts research into the language of healthcare communication, especially of patient information materials, and also works as a Plain Language consultant for publishers in the UK. Catherine holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Swansea University.
If you would like to receive feedback on the lesson plan you write at the end of the course from an expert, then make sure you book the Course + Feedback option. In the course, you will be asked to submit your lesson plan to EALTHY, where one of their experts will go through it in detail before returning it to you.
An Introduction to Medical Humanities has been inspected by the CPD Standards Office in the UK, whose professional development qualifications are recognised around the world.
Yes, when you finish the course, you receive an official CPD (Continuing Professional Development) certificate for 10 CPD hours.
We work with universities and schools around the world.
Does your university or school teach English to students of healthcare? Then this course is for you. It will give teachers valuable skills when designing engaging and impactful lessons. We offer institutional pricing and support for lecturers. The online platform enables you to see what your staff have done and leave feedback for them. All staff will receive an official CPD certificate on completion.
SLC's range of Medical English courses offer great support for healthcare students and their teachers - from English for Medical Academic Purposes to Grammar for Healthcare to Clinical English courses. Courses are accessible, intuitive to use and optimised for all devices. The learning platform enables you to see exactly what your students have done. Courses are accredited and certificated by the CPD Standards Office in the UK.
