MEDICINE 456C
Medical Professionalism and the Arts
John David Ike
Description from DukeHub
This course for MS3 and MS4 students integrates several fields in the medical humanities including poetry, short story, visual art, graphic medicine, medical anthropology, and narrative medicine. The aims of the course are to use the humanities as a tool to promote critical reflection with special attention the structures and systems which influence patient care and guide professional and personal identity formation. Additional attention will be given to the use of the arts to promote flourishing and wellbeing amongst a fractured healthcare landscape. Permission of instructor is required for enrollment. Open to MS3 students (with mentor approval) and to MS4 students. For questions, contact Dr. John David Ike,/MSC. Classes are held on Thursday evenings, 5:15pm - 7:15pm. Location: 108A Seeley G Mudd Library Building. Credit:1 (non direct patient care). Maximum enrollment: 18; Minimum Enrollment: 6. John Ike, MD/MSc; Jeff Baker, MD; Sneha Mantri, MD; Harris Solomon, MD, and Anthony Galanos, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "patient care"
- Yes: Live work with people · "patient"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- 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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