title: On Becoming a Humanities Curriculum: the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
abstract: The authors describe the development and implementation of a new longitudinal and integrated humanities curriculum in the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Included are a history of ethics and humanities education in the medical school leading to the creation of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics in July 2002; an articulation of the Center's basic principles; a curricular blueprint outlining the core objectives and methodologies, such as a narrative approach of this required, four-year humanities curriculum for undergraduate medical students; and an overview of course materials and activities.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. JonesT2@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verghese
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006809:Humanities / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas