Medical Humanities

Hello! We’re Matthew and Borum, the Humanities Representatives at NS and NB respectively. Our job is to help Dal students, residents, and faculty get involved with the humanities. With COVID-19, many events have had to be postponed and cancelled, but we’re trying our best to stay connected and keep things going. Please reach out to us if you have any questions, comments or event ideas! Our email is [email protected]. Also be sure to follow us on Instagram (@dalmedhumanities) where we post competitions, promote events and showcase some of the work!

Here are some ways to get involved:

Participate in one of the many humanities clubs such as Reading between the Spines (book club) and French in Medicine
Come to the History of Medicine series (currently suspended)
Play in Tupper Band
Come see or participate in Euphoria [www.dmss.ca/internal-events.html]
Attend the various humanities events throughout the year including the art show, coffee house, T J Murray Visiting Scholar in the Humanities, Gold Headed Cane awards, and the Quill and Stethoscope Brunch
Submit your works of art to be displayed on our Instagram page, to the Cynthia Davis writing award, for the art show or coffee house
NB specific: band and choir
Complete the Humanities HEALS certificate (Healing and Education through the Arts and Life Skills) [cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/faculty/medicine/departments/core-units/DME/medical-humanities/HumanitiesOrientationBrochure-2016.pdf]*
Choose a RIM project related to humanities*
Do a humanities elective*
Go to a humanities conference*

*Contact [email protected] for information specifically related to Humanity HEALS, RIM projects, humanities electives and conference funding in the humanities

More information can also be found on the Dal page [medicine.dal.ca/departments/core-units/DME/medical-humanities.html]