Items Tagged ‘Center for Humanities in Medicine’
November 29, 2018
Arts at the Bedside Provides a Different Way of Healing
By In the Loop 
A program that connects patients with writers, visual artists and musicians at Mayo Clinic offers a type of care that has nothing to do with tests or treatments.
Tags: Arts at the Bedside, Center for Humanities in Medicine, Jenna Whiting, Lynn Borkenhagen
March 2, 2017
After Portraying a Dying Patient, Actor Discovers New Role
By In the Loop
Megan Cole has played many roles in her acting career, from Shakespearean queens to Elaine’s colleague, Peggy, on “Seinfeld.” (Talk about range.) But the role that has had the biggest impact on her career — and on her life — is that of Dr. Vivian Bearing, the terminally ill English professor at the center of the Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
Tags: Center for Humanities in Medicine, Maud Mellish, Mayo Clinic Library, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
February 18, 2016
Theater Group Gives Medical Students New View of Patients With Disabilities
By In the Loop
If you’re like us, you might wonder why someone would bring members of an improvisational theater group to meet with Mayo Medical School students. Thankfully, that someone, Johanna Rian, coordinator of Mayo’s Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine, can answer that question. Rian teaches a selective course for medical students called “The Human Element.” And […]
May 14, 2015
‘Healing Words’ Program Encourages Patients to Write, Reflect and Clarify
By In the Loop
Dave deBronkart found writing was important in his healing process after a cancer diagnosis. He shared his story through a program that encourages patients to use writing as a way to make sense of what has happened to them.
Tags: Center for Humanities in Medicine, e-Patient Dave, Healing Words, Johanna Rian
October 9, 2014
Improvising Their Way to Becoming Better Colleagues and Caregivers
By In the Loop
Johanna Rian walked into the classroom at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Education Center with a plan in place for a course on narrative healing. But as she began laying out the course materials, that plan was blown out of the water. “I went in with a plan, which was to start with a piece of poetry,” […]
Tags: Cancer Education Center, Center for Humanities in Medicine, Gene Dankbar, Johanna Rian
September 9, 2014
By In the Loop
It’s no secret that Mayo Clinic employees are dedicated to meeting the needs of patients — we live it, we breathe it, it’s right there in the mission statement, and we all contribute in our own ways. But maybe there are days you dream of shaking things up a bit. If your dream involves a […]
Tags: Cancer education program, Center for Humanities in Medicine, Dr. Paul Scanlon