title: Medical humanities in Nepal--snakes and ladders.
abstract: In the last decade there has been a quantitative growth in medical schools in Nepal, a developing country in South Asia. Medical Humanities (MH) uses disciplines traditionally termed as the humanities in the pursuit of medical educational goals. The subject is slowly developing in Nepal. Sessions have been conducted at Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara and KIST Medical College, Lalitpur. In this article the authors examine inhibitory factors (snakes) and facilitating factors (ladders) for the development of the subject in Nepal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, KIST Medical College Imadol, Lalitpur, Nepal. ravi.dr.shankar@gmail.com
authors.forename: P Ravi
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Piryani
authors.forename: Huw
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Thapa
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006809:Humanities / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D009390:Nepal