Jefferson Humanities & Health
Contact
1020 Locust Street
Jefferson Alumni Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Jefferson Humanities & Health supports student engagement in the arts and humanities to promote essential skills related to healthcare including close observation, critical thinking, communication and empathy.
Throughout the year, our programs highlight the social contexts of health and wellness, lived experiences of diverse individuals and communities, and self-care for health professionals.
Each academic year, Jefferson Humanities & Health explores a thought-provoking theme from a wide range of perspectives. During 2024-2025, the Jefferson Humanities Forum speaker series will bring a handful of multidisciplinary scholars and thinkers to investigate the theme Access.
Announcements
Submissions for Inside Out 2025 are open until January 10, 2025! All Jefferson students are encouraged to submit prose, poetry, art, and photographs to be considered for Inside Out through Submittable. Maximum of four submissions per person. Visual art files should be submitted as a PNG at the HIGHEST RESOLUTION possible (minimum of 3MB). Literary submissions should be submitted as .doc files. A committee of Jefferson student editors will judge submissions anonymously.
Join us April 2-5, 2025 for the 2025 Health Humanities Consortium Conference (HHC), co-presented by Jefferson Humanities & Health and the Health Humanities Consortium. The annual HHC Conference is an international convening of scholars, practitioners and students that promotes health humanities scholarship, education and practices at the intersection of the humanities, arts, and social sciences in health, illness and health care. Visit our Conference page here.
Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 Asano Humanities & Health Certificate. The Asano Humanities & Health Certificate is a co-curricular program that rewards sustained engagement in arts and humanities activities throughout the academic year. All Jefferson students are invited to complete the certificate by attending eight Jefferson Humanities & Health events and completing a reflection portfolio of four reflection prompts.
We are excited to share with you a virtual Opioid & Pain Management course. Regardless of the type of provider you are training to become, opioid prescribing and pain management will be relevant parts of your practice. This 1–2-hour course discusses opioid prescribing by going through 8 cases featuring different patient populations. Our goal is to fill a gap in medical education regarding opioid knowledge and prescribing so that we can prepare physicians to responsibly prescribe and manage patients' pain care.
The course does not need to be completed in one sitting and is currently part of an ongoing research study. We would greatly appreciate your participation and feedback.
On the landing page there is a summary of the curriculum and cases. Scroll to the bottom and click "Enter Course," then click "Enroll for free." Please don't skip the pre- and post test.
This course can be taken for one credit towards the Asano Humanities and Health Certificate. Access the attendance survey for participation credit here.
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