MEDICINE 454C
Humanities for Health Justice
Sneha Mantri
Description from DukeHub
In this elective, students will learn to apply the skills learned in medical humanities and ethics to the modern reality of patient care. The course will be a hybrid of seminar discussions and clinical/interprofessional preceptorship in the inpatient or outpatient setting. Students will create two final papers: one self-reflective essay examining professional identity and goals for residency, and other a scholarly research project, creative work, or advocacy project. Permission of instructor is required. Maximum Enrollment: 20; Minimum Enrollment:8 Credit: 4. Course Director(s): Sneha Mantri MD, MS; Jeff Baker MD, PhD; Farr Curlin MD; JD Ike MD MSCE; Christopher Kelsey MD; Jennifer Lawson MD MA; Nicole Larrier MD; Warren Kinghorn MD; Neil Prose MD; Brian Quaranta, MD MA; Patrick Smith PhD; Harris Solomon PhD
Skills
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "patient care"
- Yes: Live work with people · "patient"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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