Course
HUMN303N – Introduction to Humanities
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 1
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, address the following:
- What is the value of studying the humanities in the field of health professions?
- How might a topic such as art, literature, music, dance, etc. from other time periods enhance your career and personal life in the present?
- Select one aspect of the humanities that is meaningful to your personal life and one for career. Explain how is each meaningful.
- In addition, include a specific example of a work (a specific work of art, literature, theater, or music) that you feel is meaningful to your personal life and/or career. Explain the connection.
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.
Writing Requirements
- Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
- Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)
- APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link:
- Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines
Discussion
This discussion will be open on Jan 4
Please be sure to use outside resources. Your original post is due on Wednesday, and a response to one classmates is expected on Sunday.
I believe that a liberal arts curriculum can put you in touch not just with ways of interpreting the world around us but also with the fact that the world can be “interpreted” in the first place. Ultimately, it tries to help us understand our position in it and our relationships with each other.
It forces us to see multiple viewpoints and continually challenge their own. It removes the comfort of assuming there are “right” answers to big questions, that civilization moves in a linear fashion or that facts are facts no matter who looks at them. But it also introduces us to the pleasures of debate and the ever-expanding world of ideas. It opens doors, enabling the mind to go wherever it wants in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. It bends toward openness instead of containment.
In times of great division, the capacity to see others’ viewpoints and the imperative to assess one’s own become more and more critical. A liberal arts education works for us, no matter what our political leanings are. I believe we need it now more than ever.
For further reading on how the Humanities can impact a career in the Healthcare industry take a look at this article from Slate:
https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/doctors-should-study-the-humanities.html
SOLUTION
- What is the value of studying the humanities in the field of health professions?
Humanities became of interest in the health care sciences, in the U.S in the 1960s once the General Medical Council (GMC) acknowledged necessary changes in the curriculum giving importance to instruction in humanities, along with medical training. The main three reasons for these changes are based on the importance that reading patients stories/experiences can help health care students develop an understanding of their patients, literature can further improve the capacity of students to see their own biases and believes, and finally, literature enhances critical thinking and create a base for ethics and moral principles. (Chamberlain University, 2021)
- How might a topic such as art, literature, music, dance, etc. from other time periods enhance your career and personal life in the present?
Asides from ethics I could not think of any other reason why art could be to the career of nursing, but as I went on, I realized that arts can have a great impact in our health care education, as art and humanities can definitely contribute to improve our awareness of others, as well as encourage empathy and inventiveness, as much as they promote our intellectual capacities. (Roberts, 2021)
- Select one aspect of the humanities that is meaningful to your personal life and one for your career. Explain how is each meaningful.)
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