Course Syllabi
Syllabi for courses in medical humanities, public health, and women’s health; curricular suggestions; and reading lists
Death Made Visible – An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Death and Dying in Literature
Course description and syllabus from University of Ottowa – Brajtman, Hall, Barnes and Wright
Ethics, Law, and Humanities – What Medical Students Should Know – M Hester
Overview of important topics that every medical student should learn in ethics, law, and narrative medicine, from Micah Hester, PhD
*Film and Public Health Course
Course description and syllabus for Film and Public Health course
Global and comparative perspectives on health care systems and policies – Chaufan
Course description and syllabus from Claudia Chaufan, UCSF School of Nursing, 2011
*Humanities & Soc Sciences in Med 2001 syllabus.doc
Course syllabus for Humanities and Social Sciences in Medicine
humanities & social sciences summer stipend program ohsu.doc
Overview of Humanities and Social Sciences Summer Stipend Program
Humanities Social Sciences Mission Stmt OHSU 2001.doc
Document calling for the incorporation of history and the humanities into medical training
integrating literature into med training.doc
Tips re integrating literature and history into medical training
Internists and bioterror prevention – JGIM lte 2007.doc
Letter re prevention of bioterrorism, prevention of war, promotion of peace, and medical education
lit and med reading list thru 1999.doc
Long list of readings in literature, medicine, and public health thru 1999
lit, med, & publ hlth syllabus.doc
Course syllabus for Literature, Medicine, and Public Health (OHSU, 1990s)
Literature and Activism Reading List.doc
Short list of activist-oriented books
*Literature and Med Ed study – JGIM.doc
Abstract examining the integration of literary selections into a longitudinal medical school course covering health policy and ethics
*Literature, Medicine, and Public Health Syllabus
Course syllabus for Literature, Medicine, and Public Health, combines literary selections with articles from contemporary medical and public health journals (PSU, 2010)
Public Health and Social Justice Syllabus 2006.doc
Syllabus for Public Health and Social Justice Course, Portland State University, 2006
Public Health and Social Justice Syllabus 2008
Syllabus for Public Health and Social Justice Course, Portland State University, 2008
*Public Health and Social Justice Syllabus 2009
Syllabus for Public Health and Social Justice Course, Portland State University, 2009
Social Basis of Community and Public Health Syllabus – Andrea Kafloglou, University of Maryland, 2008
Course syllabus for A Kalfoglou’s Social Basis of Community and Public Health class – 2008
Social Determinants of Health Syllabus – Stephen Rose, University of New England
Course syllabus for Stephen Rose’s Social Determinants of Health, University of New England – 2009
*war and peace literature.doc
Literature relevant to war and peace
*Women’s Hlth and Human Rights syllabus
Syllabus for Women’s Health and Human Rights course, Portland State University
External Links:
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Syllabus Exchange Database: http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/databases/Syllabus/index.htm
NYU Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database: http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Main?action=new
Supercourse – Epidemiology, the Internet, and Global Health: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/
