Creative Arts Healthcare
The University Hospital UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Registration is now open for those who would like to take part in the upcoming sessions of Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare, a national award-winning reading program for health care professionals. The program is a collaborative effort between the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Creative Arts Healthcare.-The University Hospital, and UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
The scholar facilitator for the 2012 Literature and Medicine is Suzanne McConnell, Writer, Fiction Editor of the Bellevue Literary Review, and Adjunct Professor of English, Hunter College.
To register, call 973-972-8833 or email: kaufmadi@umdnj.edu. When leaving a message, please be sure to provide your full name, department, phone number, and email address.
The Program is open to the entire UMDNJ community. FREE BOOKS and evening refreshments will be provided. Enrollment is, however, limited to 20 participants. Both new and prior participants are welcome to register. Participants are asked to ensure that they can commit to attending all six sessions before registering. Anyone who misses two sessions will lose his or her spot to someone on the waiting list.
The 2012 Literature and Medicine sessions will be held in the Student Affairs Conference Room, MSB-C654b on the following Wednesday evenings from 5:30PM - 7:30PM:
January 11
February 1
February 22
March 14
April 11
May 9
Should you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact Dr. Diane Kaufman at 973-972-8833 or email kaufmadi@umdnj.edu.
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