The Centre for Medical Education & The Faculty Development Office MEDICAL EDUCATION ROUNDS ACTS OF INTERPRETATION: THE USE OF CREATIVE ARTS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION ARNO K. KUMAGAI, MD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Health System Session Goals: To explore how stories may open the perspectives of students in the health professions to the experiences of individuals and families with illness; To understand how art created by students may allow access to feelings, insights, and understanding of the human dimensions of health professions; To understand how creative art may also act to allow an assessment of the insights gained through interactions with individuals with chronic illness. December 4, 2014 16h00 to 17h30 Meakins Amphitheatre, room 521 5th floor, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building Dr. Arno K. Kumagai is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is an endocrinologist, and specializes in the intensive management of type 1 diabetes. He serves as Director of the Family Centered Experience Program and Longitudinal Case Studies, two small group-based courses in the first two years of medical school. His research interests include the use of narratives and creative art in medical education, transformative learning, faculty development, critical pedagogy, and multicultural education. Please R.S.V.P. to: Ms. Jennifer Nicholls Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Lady Meredith House, 1110 Pine Avenue West, Suite 103, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3 Tel: (514) 398-2698 Fax: (514) 398-6649 E-Mail: [email protected] Medical Education Rounds are a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada McGill University .