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For whatever reason, it’s been noted that medical students generally experience diminished interest in the humanistic aspects of medicine during their education.<\/p>\n

This fact may diminish a student’s capabilities as a physician, said David Watts, M.D., the presenter of today’s Wilson lecture, which starts at noon in the Sorrell Center, Room 3002. <\/p>\n

Increased exposure to literature, prose and poems may help remedy these symptoms in medical students, said Dr. Watts, a gastroenterologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the books “The Orange Wire Problem” and “Bedside Manners.”<\/p>\n


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\nDavid Watts, M.D., will present the annual Wilson lecture today at noon in the Sorrell Center, Room 3002. Dr. Watts — a gastroenterologist at the University of California, San Francisco and also the author of two books of stories — will discuss how exposure to literature and poetry can help medical students. <\/span>
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\n<\/TABLE>“Literature has the ability not only to awaken our humanistic value systems but to actually change our behavioral practices,” said Dr. Watts, who also is a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and a producer of the PBS program “Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine.”<\/p>\n

In his lecture today, Dr. Watts will give several examples of how literature can translate humanistic experiences in such a way that readers actually feel as though they have experienced them, too. <\/p>\n

He also will discuss how being exposed to this translational effect can benefit health care professionals. <\/p>\n

The Wilson lecture is sponsored by the Charles Wilson, Humanities in Medicine Program. <\/p>\n

Charles Wilson, M.D., is a former UNMC clinical professor and a former University of Nebraska Regent. <\/p>\n

He has long encouraged health care professionals to learn humanities — his own story serving as an example. Dr. Wilson dropped his pre-med major to study art, literature, music and other humanities — much to the chagrin of his undergraduate counselor who said, “Mark my words, young man. You will never get into medical school.” <\/p>\n

Dr. Wilson received his M.D. from Northwestern University in 1964.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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