Archive: Perspectives
14 Articles
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Why Medical Humanities
I am a junior majoring in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society, passionate about responsible AI, policy, and biotech. I chose Medical Humanities to investigate how technological…
September 22, 2025
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Why Medical Humanities
I’m Michael Cormack (CAS’28) from Manhattan Beach, California. I’m on the pre-med track and currently deciding between Biochemistry and Neurobiology. I have always loved…
September 22, 2025
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Why Arts And The Humanities
I graduated in 2025 and am now a first-year medical student at Georgetown University Medical School. I was in the College and I majored in Anthropology and minored in STIA with a…
September 22, 2025
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Why I Chose Medical Humanities
The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…
September 11, 2025
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I believe the medical humanities are not solely an academic discipline, but a mechanism for achieving health justice.
Ella Castanier (History Major, Medical Humanities Minor ‘24) During the Covid-19 pandemic, I found the medical humanities when I took Dr. LakshmiKrishnan’s course :…
May 28, 2025
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Working with the Medical Humanities Initiative has been one of the highlights during my time as a resident
The Medical Humanities Initiative has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since…
February 20, 2024
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The medical humanities asks me to engage with what it means to be human; it asks me to engage with humanity
The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…
November 1, 2023
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The medical humanities allows me to explore interests not limited to the traditional medical world
The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…
November 1, 2023
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The medical humanities transformed my perspective on medicine
The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…
October 25, 2021
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The medical humanities shape us, inform how we practice medicine and how we approach our patients
The medical humanities program has been the highlight of my academic experience at Georgetown thus far. . . . Studying medical humanities has become imperative to me since living…
October 25, 2021