Medical Humanities Certificate

"These courses offer students an opportunity to learn how to think deeper, with flexibility and an open mind. As a healthcare professional, I believe that these are indispensable skills to have in the constant quest to provide individualized care tailored to the different physical and psychological
needs of each patient.”

- Yuko Iwanaga, OSU Graduate 2009, Medical Humanities Certificate

The undergraduate Certificate in Medical Humanities offers OSU students a multi-disciplinary integrated program to study health, medicine and the healing professions. The certificate relies on key courses in medical anthropology, literature and medicine, medical history, and biomedical ethics for its core content foundations; courses from an additional nine different disciplines – biology, ethnic studies, exercise science, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, religious studies, sociology, and women studies – can fulfill complementary elective courses. In addition, the certificate program provides a team-taught colloquium on “the art of healing” that emphasizes skills in professional identity, reflective writing, cultural competency, and diversity as a complement to the scientific features of the healing professions.

The certificate will prepare students to:

• empathize with the sufferings of others;
• reflect critically on medical knowledge and discourse;
• create new representations of the medical experience;
• confront moral, psychological, and ethical dilemmas.

For more information, visit the Medical Humanities page or contact one of the Medical Humanities Advisors listed below:

• Courtney Campbell, [email protected]
• Marilyn Stewart, [email protected]