Medical Humanism and Ethics

Pic 2DHEMission Statement: Medical Humanism and Ethics seeks to explore connections among humanism, ethics, and professionalism for students and physicians who serve on the advancing edge of medical science.

Medical Humanism and Ethics plays a pivotal role in ongoing innovation in humanism and ethics education and research by teaching in the following venues:

  1. Humanism, ethics, and professionalism education within the course Introduction to Clinical Medicine (Years 1 and 2);
  2. Ethics and professionalism education in clerkship education (Year 3);
  3. Leading collaborations between the medical school and other UofL schools, such as the Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities.