The FRAHME newsletter is published every other month and offers information about FRAHME webinars, calls for proposals, and new research on integrating arts and humanities into health professions education. View previous issues below or subscribe here.
2025 issues
The February 2025 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
- Webinar Recording Available: Enhancing Well-being Through Visual Arts in Health Professions Education
- What Are the Neurohumanities and Who Is Using Them?
- Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
- What Else We’re Reading (and Watching!)
- AAMC Accepting Nominations for Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award
- Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Stargazer by Yuliya Petukhova DDS, MD
The April 2025 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
- Integrating Arts and Humanities in Times of Uncertainty
- Can a Visual Arts Activity Help Residents Care for Difficult Patients?
- "When Art Meets Medicine" in AAMCNews
- Academic Medicine Calls for Letters to the Editor from Trainees
- Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
- What Else We're Reading (and Watching!)
- Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Left-Handed Knot by Gordon Xie
2024 issues
The February 2024 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
- Using the Arts and Humanities with Medical Learners to Understand the Implications of Race in Medicine
- Recording available: An Educational Roadmap from The Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust
- FRAHME grantee receives additional funding from National Endowment for the Humanities
- San Juan Bautista School of Medicine hosts creative exhibition
- Arts and humanities articles in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
- What else we're reading
- Featured artwork from AAMC constituents: Contractions by Phoebe L. Cohen, EMT-P
The April 2024 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Upcoming Webinar: Exploring the Integration of Arts and Humanities for Teaching Health Equity
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University of California Irvine Hosts a Night of Creative Expression
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FRAHME Grantees Publish Article on the Use of Visual Thinking Strategies
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Artistic Medical Students and The Match®
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Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
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What Else We're Reading
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Essence of Texture by Margaret Brommelsiek, PhD
The June 2024 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
- Launch of FRAHME Virtual Community: Seeking Volunteers!
- Recording Available: Exploring the Integration of Arts and Humanities for Teaching Health Equity
- Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
- What Else We're Reading
- Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Joy While Pursuing Medicine, photographed by Marie Jones
The August 2024 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Call for Proposals: Lightning Talks on Innovations in Using Arts and Humanities in Teaching
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Join Our Virtual Community! Arts and Humanities in Health Professions Education
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Call for Cover Art Submissions for Academic Medicine
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Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
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What Else We're Reading
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Under Oath by Sophia Geaney
The October 2024 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Check Out Our New Resource Bundle!
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Join Us at Learn Serve Lead 2024: The AAMC Annual Meeting!
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Storytelling for Health Care Workers
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Join Our Virtual Community! Arts and Humanities in Health Professions Education
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Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
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What Else We're Reading
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Artwork #2 in the series What Lives On our Faces by Sydney Lo
The December 2024 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Webinar: Enhancing Well-being through Visual Arts in Health Professions Education
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Friends of FRAHME: A Lively Evening in Atlanta
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Webinar: The Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab (CORAL) – Alleviating the Healthcare Professional Burnout Crisis with Creative Arts Therapy
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Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD Receives the 2024 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award
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Join the FRAHME Virtual Community and Check Out Our New Resource Bundle!
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Recent Literature on Arts and Humanities Published in Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL
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What Else We're Reading
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: The Butterflyroid by Stephanie Cohen, MD
2023 issues
The February 2023 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Arts and Humanities Activities for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AntiRacism Education
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Surrounded by Black Excellence
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Recording of "Medicine During the Holocaust and Its Contemporary Relevance: Perspectives from Health Professions Students"
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Academic Medicine to accept cover art submissions beginning April 3
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Life-Prolonging Care by Julia Tomtschik
The April 2023 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Apply for a $5,000 Award to Host an Event on the Art of Diagnosis
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Academic Medicine Accepting Cover Art Submissions Until April 28
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Using Film to Teach Communication Skills, Patient Care, and Other Medical Competencies
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Of Vital Importance: Integrating the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education
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Arts and Humanities in Academic Medicine
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Bearing Witness: Storytelling by Health Care Professionals and Learners During Times of Uncertainty
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Featured Poetry from AAMC Constituents by Israel M. Labao, MD, MPH
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: We Are Who We Are by Alyssa Abdelnour
The June 2023 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Uses Improv to Impact Homelessness
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Five Schools Selected to Host Events on the Art of Diagnosis
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Save the Date! Join our Friends of FRAHME Gathering at Learn Serve Lead!
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Webinar – Engaging the Health Humanities to Further Health Equity and Justice: Innovations in Learner Assessment
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Arts and Humanities in Academic Medicine
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Looking for Arts and Humanities Material to Use in Medical Education?
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Featured Poetry from AAMC Constituents by Evelyn Ilori, MD, PhD
The September 2023 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Call for facilitators; join us for Friends of FRAHME at Learn Serve Lead
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Save the date: Webinar in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Submit your creative work for National Arts and Humanities Month!
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Albany Medical College hosts pop-up exhibition of student and faculty work
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Teaching and Learning Moments in Academic Medicine
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Using the Visual Arts to Teach Medical Competencies
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: 4c Queen by Eniola Gros, MD
The October 2023 - Part 1 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following artwork:
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The Last Time I Saw Her by Morgan McBride
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Sojourner by Aidan White
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Age 23, Death by Suicide by Andrea Reilly, MD.
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Racism in Skin and Me by April Feist
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Her Pain Haunts Me a Little by Johnathan Kapillian
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Happy Birthday by Jonas Leavitt
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Harmonious Blooms by Sara Osborne
The October 2023 - Part 2 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following artwork:
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Wave Returns Home by Shannon Zui
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Hard to Erase by Helen Chang, MD, FCFP
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Finality by John Luk, MD
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Faceless Administration by Aarohi Shah\
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Brain Death Exam by Brooke Milosh
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The System Unchosen by Linda Li
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Wildfire by Daniel Y. Dodek, MD
2022 issues
The January 2022 FRAHME newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC Selects Four Schools to Host Events on the Art of Diagnosis
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AAMC Virtual Seminar: Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust and its
Contemporary Relevance
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: CUNY School of Medicine
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Activity Ideas for Teaching and Assessing Medical School Competencies
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Academic Medicine Cover Art: Honorable Mentions
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Award-Winning Essays on Humanism in Healthcare
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Featured Poetry by AAMC Constituents: Hymn for the Present by Yvette Perry
The February 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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View the recorfding of "Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance"
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: Ohio State University College of Medicine
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Selecting Arts and Humanities Material for Use in Teaching
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Featured 55-word Story: Pandemic Yell by Mimi Lam
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Featured Artwork by AAMC Constituents by Mayuri Kathrotia
The March 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC Virtual Forum on the Art of Diagnosis
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: Georgetown University School of Medicine
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Discuss, Discover, and Disseminate the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education
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How Faculty Members’ Reflective Narratives Impact Residents’ Professional Identity Formation
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Featured Poetry by AAMC Constituents: The Strangeness Inside by Jenny Hegland
The April 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC Virtual Forum on the Art of Diagnosis
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Academic Medicine: Call for Letters from Trainees, Call for Cover Art
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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FRAHME Getting Started Guide offers activity ideas for arts and humanities integration
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Call for Proposals: Engaging the Health Humanities to Further Health Equity and Justice
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Academic Medicine articles receive ABIM Foundation Professionalism Article Prize
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Happy National Poetry Month!
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Featured Artwork: The Japanese Do Associated With Medical Professionalism by Shunsuke Kimura, MD
The June 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Call for Academic Medicine Cover Art: Open June 1 to June 30
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Using Visual Arts to Teach the Medical Knowledge Competency
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Engaging the Health Humanities to Further Health Equity and Justice
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Academic Medicine Podcast: Teaching and Learning Moments
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Featured Poetry by AAMC Constituents: Legacy by Elle Klassen
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Featured Artwork by AAMC Constituents: Connector Sunrise by Mike Paget
The August 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Four Arts and Humanities Events to Add to Your Calendar
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Call for Proposals to Lead a Virtual Arts and Humanities Activity
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Pilot Course on Humanities and Arts Program Evaluation Educates and Connects Participants
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Why We Must Teach Medical Students about the Role of Physicians During the Holocaust
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Featured Poetry by AAMC Constituents: Swan by Anmol Hans
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Featured Artwork by AAMC Constituents: Tolerance by Sophia Lacroix
The October 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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President Biden Issues Proclamation on National Arts and Humanities Month
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Join Us October 28th! Celebrating the Role of Arts and Humanities in Medical Education
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Other Arts and Humanities Events to Add to Your Calendar
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View Recording of AAMC Color of Care Panel Discussion
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New Video Abstract on Arts and Humanities in Medical Education
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Featured Poetry by AAMC Constituents: A Story Erased by Sanga Shir
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Featured Artwork by AAMC Constituents: Connection by Sanjana Sundara Raj Sreenath
The December 2022 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Medicine During the Holocaust and Its Contemporary Relevance: Perspectives from Health Professions Students
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Celebrating the Role of Arts and Humanities in Medical Education
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Winning Essays on Humanism in Healthcare from Health Professions Students
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Using the Performing Arts to Teach Medical Competencies
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Arts and Humanities in Academic Medicine
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Featured Poetry from AAMC Constituents: For the Lost by Jenny Hegland
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Featured Artwork from AAMC Constituents: Fleeting Moments by Akshata Hopkins, MD
2021 issues
The June 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC awards eight $25,000 grants to study the impact of existing integrative arts and humanities programs
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Activity ideas for teaching and assessing medical knowledge
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The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education report and related publications
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Contribute a creative response
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Featured Poetry: A Wandering Smile by Vishesh Jain
The July 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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The Good Listening Project Turns Health Care Workers’ Stories into Poems
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2021 NEGEA Conference – Health Humanities as a Teaching and Learning Strategy
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Using Visual Arts Education in Dermatology
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Activity Ideas for Teaching and Assessing Professionalism
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AAMC and StoryCorps Presents: John, Selwyn, and Adrienne Vickers
The August 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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StoryCorps Launches "On the Front Lines" Collection
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Review of Literature on Arts and Humanities in Medical Education is a "Must Read"
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Academic Medicine Podcast: Painting Honor Wall Portraits
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Activity Ideas for Teaching and Assessing Patient Care and Procedural Skills
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Submit Your Creative Contributions
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Featured Poetry: Masked by Jiajun Li
The September 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC collected hundreds of stories from clinicians about the past year
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Featured Poetry: Anything but Numb by Jenny Hegland
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An interview with FRAHME Grantee Ricardo Ernesto Nuila, MD
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Activity ideas for teaching and assessing the Interpersonal & Communication Skills competency
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Conduct a StoryCorps interview to add to our collection!
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Featured Artwork: Antelope Canyon by Carlyle Chan, MD
The October 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC Solicits Proposals to Showcase Students' Creative Insights on the Art of Diagnosis
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Learn about FRAHME at the NOAH Conference
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: Kamna Balhara, MD, MA
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Activity Ideas for the Practice-based Learning and Improvement Competency
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Embracing Vulnerability and Finding Light in the Uncertain
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Conduct a StoryCorps interview to add to our collection!
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Featured Poetry: For Once by John Newman
The November 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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AAMC Solicits Proposals to Showcase Students' Creative Insights on the Art of Diagnosis - Due November 15
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FRAHME at Learn Serve Lead: Weaving the Arts and Humanities Into the Fabric of Medical Education
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: Wayne State University School of Medicine
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Activity Ideas for the Systems-based Practice Competency
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AAMC Virtual Seminar: Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance
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Academic Medicine Podcast: Cultural Arts and Bodily Trauma
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Featured Poetry: Consult & Console by Chidinma S. Tiko-Okoye
The December 2021 FRAHME Newsletter contains the following sections:
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Poetry in Audio: The Good Listening Podcast
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AAMC Virtual Seminar: Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance
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Featured FRAHME Grantee: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Activity Ideas for Teaching and Assessing Medical Knowledge
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Award-Winning Essays on Humanism in Healthcare
- Featured Poetry: Act Now by Alisa Hayes