Category: Medical Humanities
Medicine and the Arts
The Medicine in Art: Launching the Medical Humanities “Extra” Program
We did a thing last Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The University of the Philippines College of Medicine has an annual Wellness Week that started in 2023, celebrating all the ways that students can decompress from all the stuff they have to do on the way to becoming six-star physicians. This year’s week organized by the […]
A glimpse into a full teaching schedule
So this is how it feels to be a full-time teacher… for one day: January 21, 2026, Wednesday. No clinic, no research, no writing… just teaching! 8:00 to 10:00 AM: I typically designate Wednesdays as my “St. Luke’s Day”. The St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial has its General Faculty and […]
A Field Trip to Antipolo – the Pinto Art Museum and Arboretum
Th University of the Philippines College of Medicine Committee on Student Resilience and Wellness sponsored a field trip to the Pinto Art Museum for the 2nd year medical students today – about 200 of them! Some of us faculty, mentors, along with psychiatry residents and fellows went with them to facilitate their small group discussions, […]
Two Medical Humanities Classes – Twice the Fun!
Two schools, two Medical Humanities classes, two wonderful co-teachers in this past week. And when you have enough time: panel guests too! And now time to breathe, for the humanities and the arts provide opportunities for the physician to reflect and create. Hopefully our formal introductions to the Medical Humanities for the upcoming generation of […]
Graduation, again! Lukan Doctors this time.
Second graduation rites in less than a week, this time at the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial. Graduates shift their beret tassels from right to left to signify their new status, then ascend the stage to receive their hood and diplomas from school administration (in contrast – see previous post: […]
Dare to be XXV at Tanaw (Graduation)
University of the Philippines College of Medicine Recognition Rites (aka. the “college graduation” as opposed to the “university graduation” which happened earlier, for all the graduating students from University of the Philippines Manila campus). Faculty from all departments marched into the auditorium; my colleagues from Rehabilitation Medicine came in with the clinical departments. I got […]
Vital Signs: Philippine Short Stories on Healing
I attended a special book launch today – editors Ronnie E. Baticulon, MD and Marjorie Evasco, PhD put together this carefully curated anthology of Philippine short stories on healing under the auspices of Milflores Publishing. After the usual short speeches by the authors, publisher and University of the Philippines Manila administration folks, we heard two […]
Medical Humanities Elective, third edition
The third offering of the Introduction to the Medical Humanities elective for graduating medical students is in the books! Very grateful for St Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial for letting me design this course in which we all immerse ourselves in how medicine and healthcare are portrayed in arts […]
The Society for Strategic Education Studies National Conference 2025 (S4SES: Ehs-for-sehs)
I enjoyed the last two days (Februrary 27-28, 2025) at the Society for Strategic Education Studies National Conference at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in Diliman, Quezon City. The theme for this year’s S4SES (prounounced “ehs-for-sehs”) was “Enhancing Cultural and Arts Education with Critical Discourse on the Interface of Ecological Issues, […]
On Physician Identity and Advocacy
Our Department of Professionalism, Medical Ethics and Humanities at the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial had a double-header of a day today for the Introduction to the Medical Profession (IMP) subjects for first and second year medical students. IMP 1 (for first year students) focuses on identity formation […]
