Our center is responsible for the ethics and humanities education included in Feinberg's medical curriculum. Our courses explore the values of the medical profession and the ethics of the patient-physician relationship, provide an understanding of Health Law, and introduce students to new perspectives on the cultural aspects on medicine. During the students' clerkship and subinternship years, we meet regularly to discuss clinical cases and explore ethical challenges specific to individual medical specialties.
Throughout all four years, we aim to foster a community of discourse on the ethical, social, and cultural aspects of medicine within the medical school. More information about the MD curriculum can be found through the Augusta Webster, MD, Office of Medical Education (AWOME).
I absolutely love the diversity of the program. They invite teachers and experts from law, sociology, literature, history, and more to lecture.
- Brian Chou, MD/MA Alum
The program gave me the incredible opportunity to take a reflective step back and to think more broadly about what I’m doing in my medical training and what kind of doctor I am striving to become.
- Aryeh Goldberg, MD/MA Alum
The faculty are not only warm, welcoming, supportive and encouraging – they are true experts in their fields, revered and well-respected across the country. This was evident during my residency interviews when many people would ask if I had the chance to meet with this or that MH&B professor. I was able to proudly state that I’ve worked closely with them.
- Aryeh Goldberg, MD/MA Alum
Other programs were focused on bioethics from a strictly legal or philosophical vantage point. This program does that, but has also expanded my skills and interests, giving tremendous depth to my understanding of the field.
- Aryeh Goldberg, MD/MA Alum
The practice of medicine is and always has been so much more than science and drugs and evidence. Attempting to understand the human complexities surrounding healthcare can only prepare us for what lies ahead.
- Catherine Groden, MD/MA Alum
I hope to be a part of an ethics committee during residency and beyond. I also think that medical humanities and bioethics will allow me to better care for and understand my patients in my everyday practice.
- Sean Posada, MD/MA Alum
As a non-traditional student, the MH&B program seemed like a way to stay connected with my background in the humanities and to integrate it into my future practice of medicine.
- Margaret Russel, MD/MA Alum
I am interested in health justice and advocacy, and I believe that the skills I gained through the MH&B program will allow me to be involved in shaping the future of healthcare policy in the United States.
