[Downloaded free from http://www.urologyannals.com on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, IP: 197.39.189.167] || Click here to download free Android application for this journal Letter to Editor In short, multiple ingredients are needed to attract medical Multiple ingredients and not student’s attention and not just a spoonful of humanities. just spoonful of humanities Satendra Singh Sir, Medical Humanities Group, Medical Education Unit, The pedagogical experimentation of introducing medical University College of Medical Sciences, humanities (MH) in the medical curriculum is a laudable (University of Delhi), Delhi, India effort.[1] Though West has developed many MH curricula, its inception in East has been quite poor. Moreover, we need Address for correspondence: Dr. Satendra Singh, to look at Asian MH programs and how best to incorporate Medical Humanities Group, Medical Education Unit, their best features. University College of Medical Sciences, (University of Delhi), Delhi, India In the review mentioned above, two students suggested inviting E-mail: [email protected] scholars from outside in the feedback. This has been the REFERENCES standard practice of our MH lecture series‑Confluence.[2] We always invite scholar from outside, preferably a non‑medical, 1. Abdel‑Halim RE, Alkattan KM. Introducing medical humanities in the so that our medical students can imbibe their wider perspective medical curriculum in Saudi Arabia: A pedagogical experiment. Urol Ann 2012;4:73‑9. from a non‑medical angle. Till now, we have invited a yogic 2. Gupta R, Singh S, Kotru M. Reaching people through medical humanities‑an proponent, a fearless rationalist, a linguist, noted journalist, initiative. J Educ Eval Health Prof 2011;8:5. and a visually impaired role model.[2,3] 3. Singh S. Broadening horizons: Looking beyond disability. Med Educ 2012;46:522. 4. Gupta S, Singh S. Confluence: Understanding Medical Humanities through Ours was the first medical institution in India to start an MH Street Theatre. Med Humanit 2011;37:127‑8. course.[4,5] Over the years, we realized that a multipronged 5. Gupta S, Agrawal A, Singh S, Singh N. Theatre of the Oppressed as a tool approach is needed to achieve the vision of inculcating in Medical Humanities Education in India: The Road Less Traveled. Indian compassion among medical students. Accordingly, we have J Medical Ethics 2012 [In Press]. a lecture series (Confluence), street theater group, film screenings, exploration of Indian culture (Society for the Access this article online Quick Response Code: Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Website: Youth [SPIC MACAY]), Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the www.urologyannals.com Oppressed workshops, disability studies (Infinite Ability), Graphic Medicine club (Comicos), transdisciplinary DOI: Blind With Camera workshop, and an environmental 10.4103/0974-7796.130665 lobby (Gang‑green). 180 Urology Annals | Apr - Jun 2014 | Vol 6 | Issue 2.