The Medicine & the Muse Program is the home for the arts and humanities at the medical school, with programs that support diversity and integrate the arts and humanities into medical education, scholarly endeavors, and the practice of medicine.

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Stanford Medical Humanities 

Faculty Fellowship

Apply by Nov 10, 2023 | Program launches Jan 17, 2024

This vibrant program will stimulate, provoke and inspire you to find your inner muse, to create, and to help build your scholarly track in medical humanities and health communication.

Download Brochure | Apply Here


Jacqueline Genovese, Dr. Benny Gavi, and Medicine & the Muse invite you to three poetry sessions with Emily Sernaker, author and editor of Your Favorite Poet's Favorite Poet Anthology

OCTOBER 11, 2023 (over Zoom)
A celebration of W.S. Merwin and Naomi Shihab Nye

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 (over Zoom)
A celebration of Ruth Stone and Sharon Olds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023 (in person location TBD)

A celebration of Margaret Walker and Airea D. Matthews

Capacity limited to 50 seats per session for the first two sessions and 25 seats for the final session.

See here for more information and to register!


The Stanford Health Library

211 Quarry Rd, Unit 201 

 

December 1, 2023
5:30 PM PT

 

RSVP | For more information visit our Arts Across Boundaries homepage.



“In this biomedical revolution, we need the humanities now more than ever.”

-Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/04/06/the-humanities-and-medicine/


June 8, 2020

Rally by the Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine department. 

We at Medicine & the Muse join Stanford Medicine and its departments in denouncing the societal and structural racism that leads to violence against Black Americans. This systemic racism also leads to widespread health inequalities: a higher death rate from COVID-19, misconceptions about pain perception, and for Black women, a much higher breast cancer death rate. The list goes on. We at Medicine & the Muse stand for inclusion, diversity, respect, and justice. We stand with our Black friends, colleagues, patients, students, trainees, and others who are suffering.



Program Features and News

11/05/2023 Healing through storytelling

Author and teacher Laurel Braitman, PhD, shares how writing can help medical professionals cope with loss and grief.


9/12/2023 Leaders discuss AI, equity, aging and cancer at first Big Ideas in Medicine conference

Physicians, researchers and other pacesetters describe some of the most promising pursuits in the medical field. In cancer, for instance: ‘Let’s kill the first cell, not the last cell.’


9/10/23 Healthcare Isn't 'Broken' — It's Fragmented

— How do we dig ourselves out? by Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD


7/27/2023 Storytelling: The Oldest Medical Technology

— Laurel Braitman, PhD, on how creative writing can help clinicians


Important Links

All of the events, news, and updates related to the Frankenstein@200 initative. 

A note regarding COVID-19: Stanford Medicine and the Muse supports the health and wellbeing of all.  

We follow all guidelines and policies from Stanford University. Stanford COVID-19 information can be found at healthalerts.stanford.edu.

Upcoming Events

The Dr. Parl Kalanithi Writing Award 

Medicine & the Muse is pleased to announce an open call for unpublished short stories, essays or poetry addressing patients and providers facing chronic or life limiting illness.

Open for submissions!

November 8 - January 10, 2024

More info & submit 


Jacqueline Genovese, Dr. Benny Gavi, and Medicine & the Muse invite you to three poetry sessions with Emily Sernaker, author and editor of Your Favorite Poet's Favorite Poet Anthology

OCTOBER 11, 2023 (over Zoom)
A celebration of W.S. Merwin and Naomi Shihab Nye

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 (over Zoom)
A celebration of Ruth Stone and Sharon Olds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023 (in person location TBD)

A celebration of Margaret Walker and Airea D. Matthews

Capacity limited to 50 seats per session for the first two sessions and 25 seats for the final session.

See here for more information and to register!



 Stanford Medicine Orchestra 

Stanford Medicine Chorus and Orchestra Holiday Concert

Dec. 5th, Bing Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Snacks and beverages will be available for purchase. Purchase tickets at link below! Sponsored by the Program in Medical Humanities & the Arts (Medicine and the Muse) and the WellMD/PhD Program.

Tickets 

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 Stanford Medicine Chorus
Please join our mailing list in get involved! | Donate here to help us continue to offer this program.

Ongoing Events

Writing Medicine: Weekly reflective writing session for healthcare workers and their loved ones

A virtual space for healthcare workers and the people who love them to write, reflect and share.

Saturdays

10AM – 11AM PST

Sign up at writingmedicine.org for login details