Health Humanties Fellow Emergency Medicine

General Description

The fellowship program is designed to provide physicians the opportunity to:

• Develop core foundational knowledge of theory and methods of the Health Humanities, specifically their relevance to advancing health equity.
• Gain expertise within areas of interest in the Health Humanities, including, but not limited to, history of medicine, bioethics, narrative medicine, museum-based education, sociology of medicine, especially as applied to furthering health equity in clinical and learning environments.
• Complete a scholarly, research, education, or creative project in the Health Humanities under the mentorship of leading experts in the field.
• Engage in experiential application of humanities-based pedagogies and serve as a departmental and institutional leader in the health humanities.

During the course of the fellowship, the fellow will engage in teaching, experiential, didactic and scholarly components.

Teaching Component: Fellows will deliver curricular content to the Emergency Medicine residents through H3EM. Fellows will have access to a diverse array of teaching opportunities for institutional and national audiences, including medical students, residents/fellows enrolled in the Health Humanities GME Distinction Track, or undergraduates enrolled in JHU's "Medicine, Science, and the Humanities" courses.

Experiential Component: Fellows will have a unique opportunity to serve within the leadership of the H3EM initiative. On an institutional level, fellows will be full members of the annual cohort of CMHSM fellows and will participate in CMHSM leadership meetings. With access to a robust pool of faculty through H3EM, CMHSM, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and Berman Institute of Bioethics, the fellow will receive outstanding cross-disciplinary mentoring in their areas of interest to complete a mentored project in the Health Humanities (scholarly, educational, creative, or otherwise).

Didactic Component: Fellows will have the opportunity to take courses offered through the interdivisional Program in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology; the Program in Medicine, Science, and Humanities; and Berman Institute of Bioethics. Fellows may also choose to pursue credits towards a Certificate in the History of Medicine. Fellows will also have opportunities to attend national or international courses relevant to the Health Humanities.

Scholarly Component: Fellows will be expected to submit at least one abstract or paper to a national conference in the humanities, health humanities, or emergency medicine and complete a mentored project as noted above.

Qualifications

• Board Eligible or Certified in Emergency Medicine (special consideration may be given to Board Eligible or Board Certified non-Emergency Medicine graduates.
• Fellows must work approximately 800 clinical hours per academic year
• Demonstration of scholarship, research, or education in the Health Humanities including, but not limited to, narrative medicine, creative writing, history of medicine, medical anthropology, medical sociology, bioethics, visual arts, performing arts, and arts-based education.
• Experience may be demonstrated by scholarly or creative publications or projects, engagement with curriculum development or education in the humanities for health professions trainees, or advanced degrees relevant to the health humanities (degrees are not a pre-requisite or requirement).

Application Instructions

Interested Candidates Should Email Kamna Balhara, M.D, M.A., The Fellowship Program Director, At [email Protected] For More Information And To Provide

• Letter of interest
• CV
• Two letters of recommendation (one must be from your Residency Program Director if you are a current resident)

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Salary Range
The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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