2013 - 2014 Cohort
Criteria for Obtaining a Certificate of Distinction
Interprofessional Health, Arts & Humanities
Introduction
The Interprofessional Education Curriculum/Program, in conjunction with the Health, Arts and Humanities
Program (www.health-humanties.com) at the University of Toronto advances a deeper understanding of health
illness, suffering, disability and the provision of healthcare by creating a community of scholars in the arts,
humanities and clinical sciences.
Benefit to Clinicians
A growing international literature has demonstrated that health professionals who seek out exposure to the
humanities and arts-based learning improve their capacity to think critically and bring enhanced sensitivity,
curiosity and creativity to their work with patients/clients (Peterkin, 2008). They will learn to challenge personal
assumptions and biases, to stretch their worldview and to become more reflective practitioners.
Benefits to Humanities Scholars
Humanities scholars can be enriched by an ongoing dialogue with colleagues from clinical disciplines and by
having direct access to clinical/teaching settings which link to their areas of study or critical theory. They will be
invited to help shape the discourse around perceptions of health and illness in our learning community and
society at large. Although the central focus of the Program is on increasing the role of humanities in the
provision of good patient/client care, another goal will be to widen its focus significantly by understanding
health care in the context of the humanities.
Interprofessional Health, Arts & Humanities Certificate Program
All health professionals can benefit from studying the arts and humanities. When workshops, seminars and
learning opportunities are interprofessional, students will also receive recognition towards their requirements
for the Interprofessional Education Curriculum. When students about, from and with each other in the context
of the humanities, they are able to collaboratively determine how this new perspective will enhance team
relationships and patient/client-centred care.
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Objectives
Students will:
1. Discuss the benefit of the arts and their application to healthcare (patient/client care and
interprofessional team competencies)
2. Demonstrate reflective capacity in discussion and written work
3. Demonstrate enhanced narrative competency in response to patient/client encounters
Requirements
Students must complete the following:
1.
Introductory Module on Health, Arts & Humanities: This online module will provide background
material supporting the study of the arts and humanities. It is recommended that you complete this
module in the first term of your enrollment.
2.
Health Mentor Program: Students meet in interprofessional groups to interview individuals with
chronic health challenges on two occasions to discuss issues related to their experiences regarding
ethics, professionalism and safety.
3.
Completion of any of the following Elective Activities. A total of 16 points must be accrued. Students
must participate in at least three different elective options.
Reflection Requirements:
a) Completion of a reflection for each elective OR
b) One-page composite reflection per term informed by personal journal entries related to experiences
AND a one hour meeting per term to discuss connections between health and the arts and
humanities. Reflections will be submitted and discussed at this time. Scheduled meeting times are:
Wednesday, 26th November 2014 @ 5:15pm – 6:15pm
Wednesday, 1st April 2015 @ 5:15pm – 6:15pm
i.
Humanities Lunch and Learn Sessions
IPE Curriculum: Exposure - Red Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
These monthly arts and humanities based noontime seminars explore reflection and creativity in
clinical work. In the past, topics have included madness and music, the symbolic meaning of
waiting rooms for patients/clients, artists'/musicians health issues, visual reflection (how to read
a painting to enhance observation/non-verbal skills), theater and movement (cultivating bodily
presence with patients/clients), graphic medicine, an introduction to disability studies, poetry
and healing, mindfulness in practice, using dance in patients with first episode psychosis,
dissecting/critiquing the DSM, and an introduction to qualitative research.
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ii.
Cinema Medica Film Series
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
This monthly film series curated by healthcare students and a graduate film student reviews key
concepts in film criticism through the presentation of movies and documentaries exploring
clinical themes universal to all health professionals.
iii.
History and Philosophy of HealthCare
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
This group meets 2 – 3 times per term to look at the history of health professions in Canada and
worldwide and is attended by students, faculty and guest lecturers.
iv.
English-Healthcare Book Club
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
This monthly group organized by a health profession student and graduate student from English
literature explores close reading of literary texts dealing with healthcare themes.
v.
The ARS MEDICA-Massey College Creative Writing Workshop
IPE Certificate: 4 points for completion of the workshop
Funded by the estate of Barbara Moon, a renowned Canadian editor and the Faculty of
Medicine, these seminars offer mentoring in creative writing and reflective writing about
healthcare by a renowned Canadian editor/author. Students from various clinical disciplines will
be selected after submitting a sample piece of writing to the Barbara Moon Editorial Fellow that
year and will share narratives with peers.
vi.
Performance and Healthcare Seminar
IPE Certificate: 4 points for completion of 6 seminars
This series of six seminars will introduce participants to different theatre-based approaches in
which observation, reflection and interactive exercises will be engaged to explore physical
presence, the ways in which affect and emotion inform interactions with the world around us
and how physical responsiveness can be integrated into daily practice. In particular, students
will reflect on how emotional and physical awareness helps broaden perspectives on the social
and cultural issues embedded in heath professional practice.
vii.
Reader’s Theater – Handle with Care
IPE Curriculum: Exposure - Red Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
A scripted, dramatic reading of a theatrical text promotes an appreciation of multiple
perspectives, empathy, communication, listening skills and reflective practice.
viii.
Art Gallery of Ontario – Art Viewing Elective
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
In this seminar, students work with faculty and AGO educators on art appreciation and learning
what it means to really “look and see”. Subject to availability.
ix.
Health Mentor Program: (elective option)
IPE Curriculum: Exposure – Green Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 2 points per session
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Students meet in interprofessional groups to interview individuals with chronic health
challenges on two occasions to discuss issues related to their experiences regarding ethics,
professionalism and safety.
x.
What’s Art Got to Do With It?
IPE Curriculum: Exposure - Red Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
This documentary takes us inside the hidden world of five people living with mental illness,
homelessness, addiction and poverty. And yet the film has made people, smile, cry and talk--not
about social ills, but about art! The characters, followed over a year, discover new ways to live
their lives by attending a very unusual occupational therapy program and artists' sanctuary in
Toronto. Through their honest challenges and triumphs we explore the meaning of art in our
lives and in our hearts. The character's journeys as they become artists, from novice to finally
selling their work and participating in public art exhibits, gives each person a new lease on life.
xi.
Creative Lab
IPE Curriculum: Exposure - Red Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
Students will engage in the creation of a piece of art and consider how the experience and new
learning relates to interactions in teams, with colleagues and with patients/clients.
xii.
Drawing (on) Life Experience
IPE Certificate: 3 points for completion of 5 seminars
This series of five weekly seminars will introduce participants to the use of illustration as a tool
for observation, reflection, and communication in healthcare. In particular, we will consider
visual storytelling through comics as a means to explore and express ideas about the illness
experience and clinical practice from the healthcare professionals, patient's, and caregiver's
perspectives.
xiii.
UHN: Have You Seen the Patient?
IPE Curriculum: Exposure - Red Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 1 point per session
Using reflective writing as a platform, explore what it is to "see" your patient, as a student, a
care provider, team member, as a human being. Have a conversation with yourself and each
other about the rich nature of patient-centred interprofessional collaborative teams.
n. Digital Storytelling Workshop
IPE Curriculum: Exposure - Red Learning Activity
IPE Certificate: 3 points per weekend workshop (2 days total)
This workshop uses arts-based methods to dismantle stereotypical understandings of disability
and physical difference that can create barriers to healthcare, education, and inclusion in the
broader community. A disability justice framework will be introduced to examine the ways
bodies and experiences of difference are reclaimed in these digital stories, which reveal the
complexities—the pride, shame, pains, struggles for rights and wellness, and joys of
community—of living with disability and difference. We conclude by examining the potential of
digital storytelling to increase providers’ comfort and competency in interacting with people
living with disabilities and differences.
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4.
Team Presentation in Clinical or Academic Setting: During the final term of the certificate program,
an interprofessional group of students will prepare a 15 - 30 minute presentation to highlight how
health care practitioners could benefit from the integration of arts and humanities.
For more information, please contact:
[email protected]
References
Peterkin, A. (2008). Medical humanities for what ails us. CMAJ, (178)
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