Black, White and Gray: Student Perspectives on Medical Humanities and Medical Education.

Issue: In recent years, the value and relevance of humanities-based teaching in medical education have become more widely acknowledged. In many medical schools this has prompted additions to curricula that allow students to explore the gray-as opposed to the black and white-areas of medicine through arts, humanities, and social sciences. As curricula have expanded and diversified in this way, both medical educators and students have begun to ask: what is the best way to teach medical humanities?

Evidence: In this article, five current medical students reflect on their experiences of medical humanities teaching through intercalated BSc programmes in the UK.