title: A call to include medical humanities in the curriculum of colleges of osteopathic medicine and in applicant selection.
abstract: Medicine stands at a crossroad. Disruptive physician behavior has increased, and patient satisfaction has decreased. A growing body of knowledge demonstrates that the medical humanities assist in the creation of compassionate, resilient physicians. Incorporating medical humanities into the medical school curriculum promotes the development of compassionate, culturally sensitive physicians, and also encourages the development of resilience in health care professionals at a time when internal and external pressures on physicians are increasing.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic >Medicine in Iowa ghoff@dmu.edu.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hoff
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic >Medicine in Iowa.
authors.forename: Norma J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic >Medicine in Iowa.
authors.forename: J Jeffrey
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Means
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic >Medicine in Iowa.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Streyffeler
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006809:Humanities; D006801:Humans; D010021:Osteopathic Medicine / Q000193:education*; D000068616:Professionalism; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D014481:United States