Press Release, January 4, 2013
Cheryl L. McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP has been
invited to facilitate an upcoming webinar in March for The American Medical Student Association, Medical Humanities Scholars’ Program. The program draws together physicians,
humanists, scholars and others to lead student sessions and open up discussion
around the practice of medicine and integration of science and humanities and
to explore how the humanities enrich and
lend perspective to the medical field.
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) founded in 1950, is based in Washington and is the largest
independent association of physicians in training in the United States. Uniquely student governed, AMSA has a membership of 68,000 from across The United
States. Among the key goals of the AMSA
are to advocate for quality and affordable health care for all, equality in
global health and enriching medicine through diversity.
In a recent interview for the upcoming book, "Creative Arts in Humane Medicine" Aliye Runyan M.D., Education and Research Fellow, American Medical Student Association, reported The AMSA has a history of leadership advocating for the humanities in medical education. Just one example is The Medical Humanities Scholars' Program. "The Medical Humanities Scholars' Program," reports Runyan, "exposes students to lead faculty in narrative medicine, humanities and the arts as they explore reflective capacity, communication, self care and the art of listening to their patients' stories." Cheryl McLean will participate March 21, 2013 as a guest facilitator for the AMSA Medical
Humanities Scholars' Program, Perceptions of Physicians in Literature and
the Arts: Arts Alive and Thriving in Medical Education.
The theme for this year’s AMSA, Medical Humanities Scholars' program is “Perceptions of Physicians in Literature and the Arts”. Ms. McLean will lead one of the sessions in the webinar course around the growing diversity and vitality of the creative arts in medicine, education research and practice. This webinar will also be available for access at the IJCAIP Journal website at http://www.ijcaip.com. She is editor of the upcoming book, “Creative Arts in Humane Medicine” to be published by Brush Education for release in 2013.
The theme for this year’s AMSA, Medical Humanities Scholars' program is “Perceptions of Physicians in Literature and the Arts”. Ms. McLean will lead one of the sessions in the webinar course around the growing diversity and vitality of the creative arts in medicine, education research and practice. This webinar will also be available for access at the IJCAIP Journal website at http://www.ijcaip.com. She is editor of the upcoming book, “Creative Arts in Humane Medicine” to be published by Brush Education for release in 2013.
