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MEDICAL HUMANITIES published in COLORADO MEDICINE.
Each issue of COLORADO MEDICINE, the bimonthly journal of THE COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY, has a page, Reflections from our Medical Students. This includes one or more pieces of reflective writing which have been chosen by Drs. Steven Lowenstein MD and Henry Claman, MD, of the Department of Medicine. For additional information, contact henry.claman@uchsc.edu.
Butterflies by Cassie Latta Karlsson
I Danced with Death by Caroline Hedges
Knowledge is Power by Rebecca Vogel
The Last Admit by Jill Sindt
Where do I stand? by Eric Young
Just the Facts by Anthony Foianini
The Henry and Janet Claman Medical Humanities Collection
The Library’s collection of literature in the medical humanities has been endowed and renamed THE HENRY AND JANET CLAMAN MEDICAL HUMANITIES COLLECTION and it is housed on the 3rd floor of the new HSC Library on the Anschutz Medical Campus. It contains books, and DVD’s (including those from the Arts in Medicine Noon Conferences in recent years).
The Human Touch is the new literary and artistic journal at the University of Colorado Denver to be published in Spring 2008. We’re looking for the very best in original fiction and non-fiction, poetry, photography, and painting. Submissions are welcome from everyone in the UCD community: students and professors, nurses and physicians, hot dog vendors and their loyal patrons. The deadline for submission is January 7, 2008, but we strongly encourage submitting early for editing purposes. Please send your work (including your name, email address, and phone number), or your questions to thehumantouchjournal@gmail.com
The Doctoring Award
Honoring Compassion, Humanity and Respect for Personhood in Medicine
This award was initiated by grateful medical students and the Life Quality Institute (LQI) who established this award in 2006 to honor Dr. Brian Dwinnell- a talented, caring teacher and doctor who has a long-standing commitment to the integration of compassion, humanity and respect for personhood into primary medical education. Brian and LQI are advocates for palliative care – a field of medicine centrally grounded in the values and goals of patients and their families.
The Doctoring Award also provides the opportunity to recognize a profound loss in the lives of Brian and his family. Brian’s brother, Greg, lost a battle with cancer at the young age of 42. Greg’s experience reflected the dichotomy many experience in medicine of the compassionate care of many but also the potentially dehumanizing approach of others. Although he ultimately lost his battle with his relentless disease, his journey was gloriously punctuated with the love of many family and friends and the benevolent, empathic care of the caregivers who stood by his side until his death. This very personal experience reinforced Brian’s commitment to teaching medical students and residents the importance of humanism in medicine.
Each year, the third year medical students participate in a narrative writing project where they are asked to share stories of how their journey in medicine has shaped them as doctors and individuals. The Doctoring Award honors the student who has written an outstanding student narrative that captures the values of compassion, humanity and respect for personhood in medicine.
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