NWPB Presents
TRAILER: The Art of Medicine
Special | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
A documentary exploring how future doctors learn to see the human stories behind the diagnosis.
NWPB explores how future doctors in the Northwest learn to value the human stories behind the science. The Human Condition course at WSU's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine blends medicine and the humanities, giving students tools for empathy while they develop personal artistic outlets — poetry, journaling, music — to process what they encounter.
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NWPB Presents is a local public television program presented by NWPB
NWPB Presents
TRAILER: The Art of Medicine
Special | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
NWPB explores how future doctors in the Northwest learn to value the human stories behind the science. The Human Condition course at WSU's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine blends medicine and the humanities, giving students tools for empathy while they develop personal artistic outlets — poetry, journaling, music — to process what they encounter.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMy mom got sick and she ended up getting diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
-My mom also got really sick.
Pulmonary fibrosis, and ended up having a double lung transplant.
-I find myself getting really frustrated with my, with my dad's care team sometimes.
And, um, like, I get what it's l to be on the other side.
-So many doctors have no idea what it's like to live in a single parent home, to be near the poverty level.
-We want our students to understand that their patients are human.
They are human.
-You have to be very professional because it is your job.
-Its when we don't have a way of coping with all the emotions that it takes to take care of a patient, so if you can find even a little glimmer of hope and an outlet... -It's important for the physician to find their own humanity.
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