Physicians serve as healers, counselors, advocates, scientists, technicians, analysts, philosophers and leaders, so a broad intellectual foundation in the humanities is valuable, says University of Nebraska Regent Charles Wilson, M.D.
Dr. Wilson will be at UNMC on Wednesday, May 4, to present “Preparing Tomorrow’s Physician.” The noon presentation is in Bennett Hall, Room 2020.
“Regent Wilson has a passion for the humanities and believes the practice of medicine requires a deep understanding of humanistic issues,” said Virginia Aita, Ph.D., associate professor, Section Humanities and Law, UNMC Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine. “He encourages physicians to be well read and study beyond the medical sciences.”
Dr. Wilson’s presentation will focus on the Humanities in Medicine program he founded at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which emphasizes the humanities in pre-medical education and its importance for life-long learning.
A retired cardiologist with the Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln, Dr. Wilson has served as clinical professor of medicine at UNMC since 1974. He is the medical director of the BryanLGH Medical Center Ultrafast CT Scanner and medical director of the BryanLGH College of Medical Sciences’ School of Allied Health.
Dr. Wilson received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in 1964 and completed a fellowship in internal medicine and cardiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minn.
He was elected to the NU Board of Regents in 1990 and has served twice as chairman and twice as vice-chairman. He spent four years on active duty with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, including service in Thailand during the Vietnam War.
CME credit is available for this Humanities Rounds, which is sponsored by the Section of Humanities & Law, Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine.