Bringing the Humanities to Life is a monthly virtual webinar series that explores how the humanities enrich and transform various fields. Each session will feature experts discussing the importance of integrating literature, history, philosophy, and the social sciences in industries such as technology, healthcare, sports, and environmentalism.

In this session, we will examine the vital role of the humanities in healthcare. This session will highlight how literature, ethics, and cultural studies inform patient care, empathy, and communication in medical practice. Attendees will discuss the importance of narrative medicine in understanding patients’ experiences, and how medical humanities integrates music, narrative, visual arts, therapeutic movement and improv to provide a more holistic and humane kind of care.