76 Reflections on Learning
My Reflections 🧠
Reflecting on my learning is very important to me, as thinking and making connections about the content being taught will improve my ability to fully understand the material. I will reflect on my learning by recording key take aways, as well as any thoughts or comments I have on the content.
What I know now about health humanities… Before starting this class I didn’t really have a concept of what health humanities was, or what it meant to study health humanities. Since then, I’ve learned about how the study of health humanities takes the focus off of social science ways of thinking about health and focuses more on the humanities and viewing health through a humanities lens. Health can be effected by many factors, not just the illness itself or the medication a person takes; but also their personal experiences, living environment, and life. Health humanities considers this and examines health based off of peoples’ personal experiences and what it’s like to live with different illnesses/disabilities through art, literature, debate, and discussion.
What I’ve learned about practicing active listening… Since doing the active listening activity I have noticed how actively listening is important to having a successful conversation, as it allows me to not only hear the words but think about them- by actively listening I am able to engage better in conversations and communicate with others better.
Why medicine needs art…
I found Jill Sonke’s TED talk “Why medicine needs art” very interesting, and it stuck with me. She described her personal experiences with the relationship between art and medicine very well and chose intriguing stories that highlighted the relationship between the two. What particularly stuck with me was when she brought out the Alzheimer’s patient who dances- I thought it was really cool to see how the woman was able to move freely and dance and she looked really happy doing it which I thought was pretty amazing, not to mention she’s a pretty good dancer. I think it’s really interesting what music is able to do to help Alzheimer’s patients, and I can see a future in the concept of music/art therapy for Alzheimer’s patients. I also have a grandpa who has Alzheimer’s so it was cool to see the woman being able to dance.