Health Humanities Track

Program Description

Students will be exposed to and engage in selected literature, visual arts, music, theatrical performance, narrative medicine, both written and oral, and scientific scholarship about the humanities. Students will also participate in service learning opportunities. At the culmination of the FLEX Scholarly Concentration, all students will present their work at the FLEX Fair in either oral or poster format.

FLEX Scholarly Concentration Course Learning Objectives

  1. Evaluate the literature to identify a focus for a scholarly project that will advance what is currently known about health and disease (PL 3)
  2. Apply a systematic approach to design, implement and evaluate a scholarly project (MK 8)
  3. Assess outcomes of work on a scholarly project to define appropriate next steps (PD 2)
  4. Present scholarly work clearly and concisely in a structured abstract, poster and verbal poster presentation (CS 1)

 

Mentor Role and Responsibilities

 

Potential Humanities Mentors for Spring 2025

  • Caroline DeLongchamps (delongch@musc.edu) – Patient Centered Care
  • Leigh Vaughan, M.D. (vaughanl@musc.edu) – Palliative Care
  • Jessica Bullington, RN (bullingj@musc.edu) -Palliative Care and Complementary Therapies, Legacy Work
  • DaNine Fleming, Ph.D.(flemid@musc.edu) –Associate Chief Officer for Excellence
  • Marvella Ford (fordmar@musc.edu) – Health Care Disparities , Hollings Cancer Center
  • Elizabeth Santa Ana, Ph.D. (Elizabeth.SantaAna2@va.gov) -Associate Director, Investigator Charleston Health and Rural Outreach Innovation Center (HEROIC), Co-Director VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC), Ralph H. Johnson VAMC - Homelessness in the Veteran Population
  • Brian Fors, Ph.D. (fors@musc.edu) – Curator, Waring Library - History
  • Morgan Khawaja, M.D. (headden@musc.edu) – Department of Pediatrics, Sexual Education in Charleston County
  • Sundaravadevil Balasubramanian, Ph.D. (balasubr@musc.edu) – Science of Meditation
  • Katie Hinson, M.S. (hinsonka@musc.edu) - Manager MUSC Hospital Arts in Healing Program
  • Jacobo Mintzer, Ph.D. (mintzerj@musc.edu) – Role of Music and Art in Neuro rehabilitation
  • Whitney Marvin, M.D. (marvin@musc.edu) – Pediatric Critical Care
  • Leon Walthall, M.D. (walthall@musc.edu) - Internal Medicine, Mindfulness