{"id":11,"date":"2013-11-19T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2014-03-31T13:11:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T17:11:27","slug":"calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>1<sup>st<\/sup> Orientation meeting related to the NEH project \u201cHumanites and the Healing Arts\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.<\/span> in the Lewis Richardson Seminar Room, Building Pedreira, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>RAFAEL CAMPO, <\/b><\/span>MA, MD, DLitt (Hon)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Monday, February 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 2012: 11:00-2:00<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">UPR, R\u00edo Piedras Campus (UPR, RP)<\/span>, Seminar Room of the Department of Philosophy. Faculty development session. Overview of the Medical Humanities; \u201cThe Poetry of Healing.\u201d Dr. Campo shared with the faculty cohort of the NEH project information about his involvement in the Medical Humanities in academia, medical practice and his life as a poet; explains the field of Medical Humanities and its value to the &#8220;healing arts,&#8221; from his perspective; discussed how he includes the arts in his work with medical students and with patients. Campo was introduced to the cohort, the College of Humanities at the Rio Piedras Campus and our basic academic and professional areas of training and interest. The particular context of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean was discussed by the group.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tuesday, February 14th: 11:00-2:00 UPR, Medical Sciences Campus (UPR, RCM),<\/span> Room 822, Graduate School of Medicine. \u201cThe Healing Arts: Cultivating Humanism in Medicine.\u201d Faculty Development session with Faculty cohort; also invited: members of the Academia Humanistica and El Centro de las Humanidades, physicians of El Centro M\u00e9dico and students. Campo is introduced to the members of the Graduate School of Medicine and the Medical Sciences Campus. Overview of the Medical Humanities; Dr. Campo shared with the faculty cohort information about his involvement in the Medical Humanities in academia, medical practice and his life as a poet; explained the field of Medical Humanities and its value to the &#8220;healing arts,&#8221; from his perspective; discusses how he includes the arts in his work with medical students and with patients. Discussion of how to incorporate the Humanities in Medical School curriculum, support for the Medical Humanities (grants, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2:00-3:00<\/span> Tour of the library archives related to the medical history of Puerto Rico; Medical Sciences Campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wednesday, February 15th: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. UPR, RCM,<\/span> poetry workshop for faculty, medical students and creative writing students from UPR, RP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wednesday, February 15th: 4:30-7:20 p.m., Building LPM 127, UPR, RRP<\/span>, faculty development session. \u201cHealing and the Poem\u201d. Working closely with literary texts\/ poetry or expressive writing, Campo presented his own work (poetry reading on medical subjects) and other literary or artistic works for analysis and discussion by the cohort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thursday, February 16th: 6:00 p.m., Room Jorge Enjuto, College of Humanities, UPR, RRP<\/span>. Public Lecture: \u201cCultural Competence: Poetry and the Importance of Voice in Diverse Experiences of Illness.\u201d Physicians who work with infectious diseases and HIV were invited, as were Humanities professors, the faculty cohort, interested students, poets, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Friday, February 17th, 9:00-12:00, Building SGG 202, UPR, RRP<\/span>, faculty development session: \u201cLiterature, Arts, and Healing: Curriculum Development.\u201d Faculty cohort shared with Campo their course descriptions or preliminary course ideas and received his feedback and suggestions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Orientation meeting related to the NEH<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Friday, March 9, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. In the Lewis Richardson Seminar Room<\/span>, Building Pedreira, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Medical History, Work Sessions, march 20-27, 2012<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Faculty development session for the project cohort led by Dr. Jos\u00e9 Rigau<\/span>, member of the cohort, Epidemiologist and Medical Historian, on the History of Medicine in Puerto Rico. He also discussed representations of pre-20th Century and early 20th Century Medicine, Illness and Healing in Puerto Rican literary, non-literary textual and visual art sources. Moreover, he discussed cultural issues related to early vaccines in the Caribbean and the development of the School of Tropical Medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>The Academy of Medical Humanities and the Department of Internal Medicine (UPR, RCM) and the Project \u201cHumanities and the Healing Arts: Puerto Rico and the Caribbean\u201d (UPR, RP) co-hosted a<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> lecture by Dr. Norman Maldonado<\/span>, Professor of Medicine and Ex-President of the University of Puerto Rico, on \u201cA brief History of Health Services- 20th Century\u201d (March 21st). The cohort attended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cohort was invited to attend a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">day-long conference comprised of several panel sessions and lectures organized by the Institute of the History of Health Sciences, at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus,<\/span> that featured several international guest speakers on the History of Medical Health Sciences, \u201cThe State and Health in Puerto Rico during the 20th Century: History of the Services and Professional Education.\u201d Sessions took place on March 27th at the General Archive of Puerto Rico (thus, the cohort also gained familiarity with bibliographic resources related to Medical History of Puerto Rico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Panels addressed the following topics: the value of the general archives as a source for research; the relationship between \u201cJ\u00edbaros\u201d (people of the countryside) and doctors during the beginning of the 20th Century in the campaigns against anemia; the legacy of the History of Tropical Medicine; the role of Protestant Churches in the regionalization of healthcare in Puerto Rico, 1898-1930; the founding of the three professional schools of Medicine in Puerto Rico (Medicine, Pharmacy and Public Health); the health scenario of Puerto Rico for the 21st Century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The cohort received an <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">introduction by the librarian to the Special Collections Room<\/span> that houses documents related to the History of Medicine in Puerto Rico at the library of the Medical School, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>KWAME DAWES, Ph.D<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">April 29, 2012: 2:00pm-5:00pm University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus.<\/span> Overview session. Introductions to the NEH project Cohort. Dr. Dawes shared information with the NEH project members about his multimedia work related to HIV\/AIDS in the contexts of Jamaica and Haiti; discusses his work as observer and witness; multimedia as a medium for engagement with others, voice and social agency; the power of the word\/ word\/soun\/ave\/power. What does multimedia expression offer to Humanities professors in other fields (ArtHistory, Visual Arts, History, Drama, Translation, Communication, Philosophy, etc.) who are interested in developing courses related to the intersections between Humanities and Medicine? To medical schools interested in introducing the Humanities into their curriculum?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">April 30: 4:30pm-7:20pm University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus.<\/span> \u201cThunder in the Egg: the Voice of Resilience in Haiti: A Multimedia Presentation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">May 1: 4:30- 8:00 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/span>. \u201cThe Art of Empathy: Poetry and Journalism, a workshop and lecture.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">May 2: 11:00 a.m.- 12:00:<\/span> Short writing workshop with interested Medical Students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">May 2: 12:00-2:00 p.m., University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus<\/span>. Public Lecture: \u201cHope\u2019s Hospice: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica: A Multimedia Presentation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">May 2: 4:30pm-7:20pm, University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/span>. \u201cThunder in the Egg: the Voice of Resilience in Haiti: A Multimedia Presentation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">May 3: 11:00am-2:00pm, University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/span>. Public Lecture: \u201cHope\u2019s Hospice: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica: A Multimedia Presentation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>JIM FERRIS, Ph.D<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Monday, September 17, 2012 11:00 am-2:00 pm: Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span>, Seminar Room, Department of Philisophy. Introductory session with faculty cohort. Dr. Ferris shared information with the cohort about his involvement in Disability Studies in academia, his courses, and his life as a writer and performer; explained how he integrates a study of the Humanities into the courses he designs and teaches; discussed expressive writing (poetry, fiction, playwriting, performance art texts) as a \u201chealing art&#8221; and means of agency from his perspective. Dr. Ferris was introduced to cohort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>One session divided into two activities for undergraduate students and cohort:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">4:30-5:30 p.m. Poetry Writing workshop<\/span> for interested undergraduate creative writing students, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">5:30-7:20 p.m. LPM 127,<\/span> Facultad de Humanidades Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP) Dr. Ferris shared with an undergraduate class, \u201cLiterature and the Healing Arts,\u201d his poetry, his knowledge regarding Disability Studies and his life as a writer and performer (25 students).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tuesday, September 18, 4:30-7:20 pm, Room 136, LPM Edificio Luis Pal\u00e9s Matos Facultad de Humanidades Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span> \u201cHealing and Literature\u201d\/ Important issues in Disability Studies. Dr. Ferris and a group of professors from the Medical School (UPR, RCM) and the College of Humanities (UPR, RRP) read and analyzed a diverse set of literary texts\u00a0 in order to discuss the relationship between Disability Studies, the literary arts, and healing. Dr. Ferris presented his own literary works and other literary, dramatic and artistic works for analysis and discussion. (Cohort was provided with a packet of readings for this session).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wednesday, September 19, 10:00-12:00, Seminar Room Lewis Richardson<\/span>: Q. &amp; A. during lunch. \u201cPoetry, Embodiment and Healing.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Conference and reading for the cohort and the general public by Dr. Ferris.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thursday, September 20, 10:00 am-11:20 a.m., Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP).<\/span> \u201cLiterature, Arts, and Healing: Curriculum Development.\u201d Cohort of \u201cHumanities and the Healing Arts: Puerto Rico and the Caribbean\u201d shared with Dr. Ferris ideas for the development of new courses and receive his feedback and suggestions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thursday, September 20, 6:00 pm, Sala Jorge Enjuto (Sala A), Edificio Luis Pal\u00e9s Matos<\/span>, El primer piso, Facultad de Humanidades, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<b> Scars: A Love Story<\/b>, Performance for cohort and general public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">JOHN L. COULEHAN<\/span>, <\/b>MD, MPH, (Emeritus)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 8, 2012, 11:00 am-2:00 pm, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span>:\u00a0 Introductory session with faculty cohort.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Coulehan shared information with the cohort about his involvement in the Medical Humanities in academia, his medical practice, work in palliative medicine and his life as a writer and literary critic; explained the field of Medical Humanities and its value to the \u201chealing arts,&#8221; from his perspective; and\u00a0 discussed how he\u00a0includes literary arts in his work\u00a0with medical students and with patients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 8, 4:30- 7:20 p.m.,<\/span> Dr. Coulehan shares with an undergraduate class, \u201cLiterature and the Healing Arts,\u201d his knowledge of the Medical Humanities and his life as a physician and writer (25 students).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 9, 11:00 am- 12:00 pm, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas<\/span> (UPR, RCM) Activity for medical students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 9, 4:30-6:30 pm, Edificio Luis Pal\u00e9s Matos, Facultad de Humanidades<\/span> , Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP), \u201cHealing and Literature\u201d. Dr. Coulehan and a group of professors from the Medical School (UPR, RCM) and the College of Humanities (UPR, RRP) read and analyzed literary texts\u00a0 in order to discuss the relationship between medicine and literature. Dr. Coulehan presented his own literary works and other literary or artistic works for analysis and discussion. Attended the course on the evolutionary history of man, \u201cAscent of Man.\u201d Discussion of the history of debates\u00a0 and ethical issues related to euthanasia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 10, 12:00-1:30,Escuela de Medicina,Universidad de Puerto Rico,Recinto de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas (UPR, RCM)<\/span>, \u201cThe Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Emotional Resilience.\u201d Dr. Coulehan shared with the audience his knowledge of Medical Humanities and his life as a physician, literary critic and writer; discussed how he\u00a0includes the literary arts in his work in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and in the training of physicians; discussed how to incorporate the Humanities in Medical School curriculum. Introduced the audiences to the Literature, Arts and Medicine database at the NYU School of Medicine. Followed by an afternoon meeting with cohort and Medical staff, 1:30-3:00.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 11, 9:30 am-11:30 a.m.,Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span> \u201cLiterature, Arts, and Healing: Curriculum Development.\u201d Cohort of the project\u00a0 \u201cHumanities and the Healing Arts: Puerto Rico and the Caribbean\u201d shared with Dr. Coulehan their ideas for the development of new courses and received his feedback and suggestions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October\u00a0 11, 6:00 pm, Sala Jorge Enjuto (Sala A),Edificio Luis Pal\u00e9s Matos,<\/span> El primer piso,Facultad de Humanidades,Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP): \u201cI\u2019m gonna slap those doctors: Passion, Literature and Healing.\u201d Conference and reading for the general public by Dr. Coulehan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:00 am-2:00 pm, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span>, Seminario de Filosofia:\u00a0 Introductory session with faculty cohort. Aditi Kapil shared information with the cohort about her development of the play <i>Agnes Under the Big Top<\/i> and its themes related to immigration; cancer; cross-culture medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tuesday, November 13, 4:30- 7:20 p.m., Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span>,Room 308, Edificio LPM. Visit to undergraduate class, Aditi Kapil shared with an undergraduate class, \u201cLiterature and the Healing Arts,\u201d her play <i>Agnes Under the Big Top<\/i> and discusses illness and the immigrant experience as topics for theatre (25 students). Members of the cohort observed and participated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wednesday, November 14, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Building Luis Pales Matos, Room 135, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RP)<\/span>. Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP). Visit to undergraduate drama course on Diction, taught by Dr. Carola Garcia. Members of the cohort observed and participated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wednesday, November 14, 4:00-7:00 p.m., Building Luis Pales Matos, Room 135, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras (UPR, RRP)<\/span>. Visit to undergraduate drama course \u201cActividades Dram\u00e1ticas,\u201d cohort of the NEH project was invited to attend. Activities and conversation were directed towards dramatic exercises related to dramatic creation, shame, illness and healing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thursday, 15 November, 10:00-1:00 a.m., Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras.<\/span> Consultation session with members of the cohort regarding possible course ideas and means of incorporating dramatic techniques and materials into courses related to cross-cultural understanding, illness, healing, and the body. 12:00-1:00<b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">JORGE FERRER, Ph.D (April 22, 2013 and May 17, 2013)<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Two faculty development sessions<\/span> on Bioethics took place in the Instituto Hostosiano de Bio\u00e9tica, on the fifth floor of the library on the Medical Sciences campus (UPR, RCM). At this meeting, Dr. Jorge Ferrer, the director of the Instituto Hostosiano de Bio\u00e9tica, gave a workshop on Bioethics, the function of the Institute and the resources available to us.The purpose for the workshops was not only to introduce us to issues of<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Bioethics, but to also to discuss the ways in which we can integrate elements of bioethics into the new undergraduate Humanities courses that have created in order to comply with the terms of the NEH grant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">LAURA FERGUSON<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sept 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013:\u00a0 10:00 a.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m. Sala de Profesores. Edificio Luis Pales Matos. University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/span>. Overview session. Introductions to the NEH project Cohort. Professor Ferguson shared information with the NEH project members and other interested professors and students about her work as an artist and her work as an educator. She discussed and presented her drawings from bones and cadaver dissections in the Anatomy Lab of the NYU Medical School, as well as her self-exploratory artwork that uses radiology images in 3D Imaging. Her perspectives on the role of art (and more particularly, her art) in the Humanities, medical education and healing professions was included in this first session. She also introduced the group to the artwork of other artists\/ collections\/ or exhibitions relevant to the interdisciplinary study of Science, Medicine and the Visual Arts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sept 10th: 11:30 a.m. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. Sal\u00f3n 545, 5to piso, Edificio Principal de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas, Edif. Guillermo Arbona. UPR, RCM.<\/span> Informal hour-long meeting with interested faculty and students at the Medical School (UPR, RCM). Purpose: To discuss how the Master Scholars Medical Humanism Program at the NYU School of Medicine integrates the visual arts to the curriculum and co-curricular activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sept 10th: 1:00 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. Sal\u00f3n 545, 5to piso, Edificio Principal de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas, Edif. Guillermo Arbona.<\/span> Public lecture: &#8220;Medical Humanities and the Visual Arts: Art, Anatomy and the Human Body.&#8221; Ferguson presented her artwork and discussed how her involvement in drawing, scanning and painting the body, both her own and that of cadavers, goes beyond anatomy textbooks to explore and cultivate an aesthetic and intimate relationship to the body for artist, patients, medical students, doctors, and all those who look at artistic representations of the body and its structures. She also discussed the benefits and experiences of her medical school students who have taken art workshops with her while getting a medical education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sept 11th: 2:30-3:30 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus. Sala de Profesores. Edificio Luis Pales Matos.<\/span> Informal meeting with interested faculty and students at the UPR, R\u00edo Piedras Campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sept 11th: 4:00 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus. Sala Jorge Enjuto (Sala A). Edificio Luis Pales Matos.<\/span> Public lecture. &#8220;Visualizing the Body from the Inside Out.\u201d Ferguson presented her artwork, and discussed her artistic technique and experiences as an educator in the medical context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sept. 12th: 12:00-3:00 p.m., University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus. Museo.<\/span> Faculty members of the NEH group \u201cHumanities and the Healing Arts: Puerto Rico and the Caribbean\u201d shared their ideas with Professor Ferguson for the development of new courses and received her feedback and suggestions. Ferguson shared with cohort visual art (her own and that of others) related to issues pertinent to Medical Humanities courses. She also asked the cohort to do some exercises related to art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">JANET MACLENNAN, Ph.D<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">October 23, 2013, 11:30 a.m.:<\/span>\u00a0 Workshop on Health Communication by Dr. Janet MacLennan, a specialist in Human Communication, la Sala de la Facultad de Humanidades, Primer Piso del edificio Luis Pales Matos al lado de Sala A (Sala Jorge Enjuto).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PACO ROCA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nov. 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013:\u00a0 10:00 a.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/span>. Overview session. Introductions to the NEH project Cohort. Paco Roca shared information with the NEH project members about his work as a graphic novelist and filmmaker. He discussed how during his preparation to write the graphic novel, he spoke with friends, who told him stories about their aging parents, and also visited various care centers and nursing homes for the elderly in order know what it is like to live in one and to be able to produce an honest and emotionally correct treatment of the experiences of aging people, many of whom have Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nov. 13th: 11:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus<\/span>. Creative workshop with graphic novelist and filmmaker Paco Roca. Students and professors created a brief storyline, comic strip, anim\u00e9 drawing, storyboard or short screenplay dialogue based on either aspects of aging or the stories their friends or family members have told them about their illnesses or encounters with physicians and hospitals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nov. 14th: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.<\/span> First floor, Amphitheater of the School of Dentistry of the Medical School. Public lecture, film projection and conversation: \u201cThe Medical Humanities and Arts Forms that Appeal to People of All Ages: the Graphic Novel and Animated Film <i>Arrugas<\/i>, author Paco Roca, and the theme of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.\u201d<b> <\/b>The audience screened the animated film <i>Arrugas.<\/i> Dr. Yvonne Jimenez, specialist in Alzheimer\u2019s disease hosted a conversation with Paco Roca afterwards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nov. 15th: University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus.<\/span> Informal hour-long meeting with faculty and students interested in graphic novel making and film making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nov. 15th: University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus.<\/span> &#8220;<i>Arrugas:<\/i> An approximation to aging and the Alzheimer disease.&#8221; The general public and the<b> <\/b>Faculty cohort gained knowledge about what Paco Roca has called \u201cthe need to discuss old-age, a scarcely-touched topic in literature or cinema.\u201d Participants examined the aesthetic and thematic qualities of graphic novels, viewing the realistic but subtly humorous way that Paco Roca deals with the topics of Alzheimer\u2019s, aging, friendship, memory-loss, the humanity of the elderly, and life in an assisted care home. Film Projection for the general public and the cohort, followed by conversation with author.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nov. 16th: 1:00-4:00 p.m. Care Center for patients with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, Carolina, PR.<\/span> Public lecture, film screening and conversation co-hosted by the the support group for family members of Alzheimer\u2019s patients. Members of the cohort were invited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ZILKIA RIVERA ORRACA, Ph.D\u00a0 and JESSICA SERRANO GOYITA, Ph.D.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">November 20, 2013:<\/span> eL pSICOBALLET: ASPECTOS TE\u00d3RICOS Y PR\u00c1TICOS. The activity took place in the University theater from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.\u00a0<b> <\/b>Led by<b> <\/b>two clinical psychologists who were contributors to the book <i>Psicoballet: Teor\u00eda y Pr\u00e1tica en Cuba y Puerto Rico<\/i> (2004), this workshop on Dance Therapy covered the history of the therapuetic use of ballet and movement with children in the context of Cuba and Puerto Rico and the techniques developed by the two therapists. The session had both a theoretical and experiential component, as cohort members were also asked to participate in a simulated dance therapy session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>The program \u201cHumanities and the Healing Arts: Puerto Rico and the Caribbean\u201d has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u00a0Any opinions, results, conclusions or recommendations expressed by this program do not necessarily represent those of the\u00a0NEH.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st Orientation meeting related to the NEH project \u201cHumanites and the Healing Arts\u201d Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Lewis Richardson Seminar Room, Building Pedreira, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus RAFAEL CAMPO, MA, MD, DLitt (Hon) Monday, February 13th, 2012: 11:00-2:00 UPR, R\u00edo Piedras Campus (UPR, RP), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanidades.uprrp.edu\/medicalhumanities\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}