“Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

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COURSE INSTRUCTORS (in alphabetical order) Please note: When asking general course information, please contact the instructor of your section. Wendy Haggren, Section OL3, whaggren@uccs.edu, Centennial Hall, rm 218. Office hours Wednesday 3:00 – 4:40 and by appointment. Dr. Haggren’s research includes genetic engineering of yeast for the production of biofuels and chemical signaling among bacteria. Rebecca Laroche, Section OL1, rlaroche@uccs.edu, Columbine Hall 1051, Office hours. Tuesdays 12:30-1:30 and 4:30-6:30 (unless otherwise noted in Weekly Content Folder) and by appointment. Prof. Laroche is an English Professor who works in texts from the sixteenth- and seventeenth-centuries (the age of Shakespeare). Her research is in early modern recipe collections. Eileen Skahill, Section OL2, eskahill@uccs.edu, Academic Offices 429. Office hours: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00, online via email 11am-2pm daily and by appointment. Prof. Skahill’s area of inquiry is the Sociology of climate change with an emphasis on environmental and social justice movements and the importance of Indigenous ways of knowing the natural world. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND STRUCTURE: This Humanities course will be delivered in two instructional sections. Phase One (Weeks 1–9) Introduces students to the various approaches within the field of the Medical Humanities—Narrative Medicine, History of Medicine, and Medical Ethics—and the topics that arise around these approaches such as empathy, knowledge communities, and complementary care. Phase Two (Weeks 10–16) further spurs students to conceptualize, explore, and evaluate how the Medical Humanities are transforming in the 21st century. Specifically, students will study how the concepts and practices examined in Phase One are being reborn in the digital world and examines ethical dilemmas and practical challenges in this age. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Each student who successfully completes this class will be able to

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