Medical Humanities

Are medical schools squashing creativity? Part 2: Lighten up on mandates, and take advantage of the informal curriculum

25 May 2012

A few weeks ago, I wrote about creativity . With its emphasis on requirements and contrived benchmarks of success, medical school admissions might inadvertently be selecting for those who are skilled at jumping through hoops and weeding out more independent thinkers. I received comments from people who were so inspired that they wanted to discuss ideas about reforming the curriculum. Creativity ...

‘Poetry is all about the journey’

25 May 2012

If you suffer from “poetry anxiety,� there’s a simple, non-medical solution. Grand River Day Trip With Pauline Johnson, 1889

UCSB History Scholar Translates and Interprets Ancient Chinese Legal Texts

25 May 2012

In an ancient tomb in China's Hubei Province, archeologists discovered a basket of medical, mathematical, and legal texts that date back to the late third and early second centuries B.C. A historian at UC Santa Barbara is working to translate and interpret the legal texts, of which there are two, and describes them as "a gold mine of social and legal history."