This week’s episode focuses on discussion of two short pieces from JAMA and the Annals of Internal Medicine respectively. In “Osler in Jail” Dr. Joseph Bell explores humanism as it applies to incarcerated patients and in “The Nazi Patient” Dr.

Ep 3: Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing”

Aug 17th, 2017 1h 9m

Raymond CarverThis week, Jason sits down with John Pienta, Kaci McCleary, Dylan Todd and Marc Toral to discuss Raymond Carver’s classic short story “A Small, Good Thing.” The conversation is wide ranging and focuses as much on the medicine inv

Episode 2: A Conversation with Dr. Bud Shaw

Mar 4th, 2016 43m 58s

Order a copy of the book here.Dr. Bud Shaw spent much of his career as a pioneer in the field of liver transplantation. From his early days working with Dr. Tom Starzl, to starting his own clinic in Omaha, Nebraska, and now as a writer of the

Episode 1: Humanities in Med School/Is Soylent the Beginning of the End?

Feb 17th, 2016 52m 6s

Photo by dvanzuijlekom The University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine is somewhat unique in that it has a Writing and Humanities Program that’s directed by a writer with no background in medicine. The Program’s goal is to work with studen

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