HUMANITIES + MEDICINE

The HEAL Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC provides students with the tools they need to develop their professional identities as they accept the complexities of a life committed to health care.

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The HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Arts, Law) Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC provides students with understanding patient care with an emphasis on humanities. The HEAL Program is a 4-year longitudinal component of the MD curriculum and offers 200 hours of instruction, such as collaborative workshops and events with scholars from the University Park Campus, and our artist-in-residence.

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NEWS

September 18, 2024

Alumnus Jonathan Chou, Book Release

Keck School of Medicine alumnus, MIT psychiatrist, and lecturer in the Narrative Medicine Program, Jonathan Chou, is also an accomplished poet. His debut poetry collection, Resemblance/與, won the 2023 Alma Book Award and is now on bookshelves. Resemblance/與is a spare, lyrical, and beautiful refraction of memory while exploring the 228 Incident of 1947 and White Terror period in Taiwan’s history. Chou’s collection seems to understand that memory isn’t about remembering, but about standing in place as Browning once said of the lyric poet, who “digs where he stands.” Resemblance/與 seems to say, “Finally we stopped looking/for a way out,” instead preferring to unravel in place.

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EVENTS


Art and Medicine: “Living Proof” with Miranda Fae

August 28, 2024

On August 28th, the HEAL Program hosted the first Art and Medicine show of the academic year, highlighting artist Miranda Fae’s work titled “Living Proof”. Joined by Dr. Purush Rao from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Ted Meyer, HEAL’s Artist-in-Residence, Miranda’s artwork created a thought-provoking conversation about illness and artistic expression. 

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