I sat down with @vinayakjain.bsky.social & Kayla Zamanian to talk about our new piece in @jama.com & why the humanities & social sciences are fundamental to health research and innovation.

Check out the article:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

drlakshmikrishnan.substack.com/p/the-new-cl...

Echo bunnies>Easter bunnies 🐇🫀
#PCCM #MedSky #POCUSky

Always grateful to have your mentorship. Thank you for leading the path forward in so many ways!

#MedEdSky #Humanities #HistMed

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for sharing!

I am SO excited for this piece especially because it dramatically breaks with the “enrichment” model of #HealthHumanities.

The studia humanitatis have always been about rigorous research and scholarship - the humanists were early translational researchers!

Can’t wait to dig in.

This is great! Looking forward to reading.
Bridging this gap is what Indigenous scholars have been advocating for decades: calling for recognition of the value and legitimacy of bridging methodologies across disciplines AND worldviews to answer complex health questions.

A word of caution:

The humanities bring immense value to medicine (healing/education/research).

But beyond that, it holds intrinsic value of its own. It is critical we recognize this at a time when depts are under threat. For more on this, check out @shreedaisy.bsky.social's op-ed:

For those interested in what this bridging would look like, check out work of:

@taniamjenkins.bsky.social @hauschildt.bsky.social @prof-medsoc.bsky.social @nachristakis.bsky.social @aregenberg.bsky.social @profgoldberg.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @kawulf.bsky.social @drreznicek.bsky.social

The gist:
 
Just as medical educators today employ pedagogical tools from humanities in teaching, researchers can employ methodological tools from the humanities to pursue novel lines of scientific enquiry & insights unattainable through solely biomedical frameworks.

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Reconciling these two traditions comes with challenges. But also with strategic opportunities for academic medical centres. An illustrative ROI framework based on work at @gumedcenter.bsky.social MHI as below.

#AcademicSky #SocSky #Scicomm #PhilSci #MedHum #Humanities (2/4)

Medicine has largely underutilized the power of humanities to advance scientific research.

In our piece, physician/historian @thelakshmik.bsky.social, @hls.harvard.edu student Kayla Z & I describe how this methodological bridging can strengthen scientific enquiry.

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How can we make training less prescriptive & more reflective of the complexities & uncertainties of real practice?

Check out our piece on Capability Based Medical Education in the ICU @atsscholar.bsky.social.

www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.34197...

#MedSky #CriticalCare @atsearlycareer.bsky.social

Cool things on the horizon! 📖🫁
#PCCM #MedSky

Found this pic from a while back.
Fluid sample post chest tube placement. #PCCM #MedSky

Chai latte or empyema? 😅

Echo bunnies>Easter bunnies 🐇🫀
#PCCM #MedSky #POCUSky

An important wake up call!
There is so much at stake here for both our universities (including students/grads/faculty), and society at large.

Are you a health professions educator seeking to engage learners with structural determinants of health (SDOH) in a more meaningful manner?

If so, check out this special issue in the AMA Journal of Ethics on Critical Pedagogies edited by physician/historian Lakshmi Krishnan & I!

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As always, @thelakshmik.bsky.social blows my mind with her excellent analysis. Perfect example of how #histmed & #medhum impact health policy (& culture) today.

Checkout her latest post: drlakshmikrishnan.substack.com/p/there-once...

First time at AERA. Had a chance to present at a Division I session, meet with amazing friends/mentors and try great ice cream! 😋 #AERA2025
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social @drtashawyatt.bsky.social
#MedEd #MedSky

Some other amazing folks: @drdanschumacher.bsky.social
@taniamjenkins.bsky.social @thelakshmik.bsky.social @pulmonic-gal.bsky.social

Adding feeds to their homepage.
Using the @medsky.social labels.

How coincidental I stumbled upon your post. I studied Sanskrit for 3 years in school. Recently decided to continue further after all these years. Hopefully I make some progress!