Medical humanities meets radical inclusivity
Didactics
Didactics is a medical humanities publication that aims to elevate the voices of people in healthcare that have traditionally been marginalized or minoritized. Our roots are in the disability justice movement, but our identities are intersectional and our struggles are interconnected as we work towards our own liberation and the promotion of health equity and justice.
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We asked members of our community: What’s a time you had to introduce yourself? Have you ever had an introduction go wrong — or oh so right? Are there ways that you must keep introducing yourself, over and over?
What does it mean to be both doctor and patient? What do those of us with “doctor-patient privilege” uniquely bring to the medical field? Our community told us how these intersections have enlightened, frustrated and empowered them.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
VOLUME III
outside the hospital Walls
Being a clinician can be a calling, but in our pursuit of our dreams and our commitment to our patients, health care workers can sometimes feel they are losing touch with the other parts of their identity. What is your life like beyond the hospital walls, and how does it impact your work? Are there times that your private and professional life have crept closer together, or that one has subsumed the other — and what did you gain or lose? How has your commitment to medicine affected your “real life” — good and bad? What ways must you code switch or otherwise change to be present in medicine versus your other communities?
Another essential element of this call for submissions is the patient experience. Clinicians can never truly know the full reality of their patients’ lives outside the hospital. As a patient, how has this affected you? What does it mean to be seen as a whole person by your providers? Tell us about or show us times when clinicians worked to see you fully, whether your full medical picture or your full self — and times that they did not.
We are excited to experience your interpretations of this theme, and hope to receive your submission. Submissions for volume III are open September 16, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
We want to hear your voice.
Our publication focuses on the medical humanities — artistic and creative expression of the experiences, feelings, and perspectives of healthcare providers, students, support staff, patients, and families surrounding wellness, health, illness, and disability.
We are interested in pieces that engage with the humanities from diverse perspectives and approaches, and are open to many different types of writing, audio, visual, and other sensory approaches.
Further information about the medical humanities can be found here.