Texas Week
Dec. 19, 2014 | Using literature to train doctors
Season 4 Episode 445 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The UT Health Science Center helped pioneer a movement to use literature to train doctors
For 15 years the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio has helped pioneer a movement toward using literature to train doctors, especially in areas of ethics and empathy. Hear from a San Antonio physician who has taught the medical school's course on "Medicine through Literature" for years. Also hear from the author of a book that is used in that course.
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Texas Week is a local public television program presented by KLRN
Texas Week
Dec. 19, 2014 | Using literature to train doctors
Season 4 Episode 445 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
For 15 years the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio has helped pioneer a movement toward using literature to train doctors, especially in areas of ethics and empathy. Hear from a San Antonio physician who has taught the medical school's course on "Medicine through Literature" for years. Also hear from the author of a book that is used in that course.
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