This tool describes the process institutions have used to build health/medical humanities programs at various academic levels. The information was collected through a survey of U.S. undergraduate and graduate health/medical humanities programs in March 2021. See “Developing New Academic Programs in the Medical/Health Humanities: A Toolkit to Support Continued Growth”in The Journal of Medical Humanities 25 (4): 523-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-021-09710-5 for more detail.
Step | Baccalaureate Major | Baccalaureate Minor | Baccalaureate Certificate* | Graduate Certificate | Graduate Masters/PhD |
Step 1 | Consulting with key stakeholders | Consulting with key stakeholders | Write curriculum | Find a champion | Consulting with key stakeholders |
Step 2 | Find administrative home | Find administrative home | Consulting with key stakeholders | Identify program director | Find a champion |
Step 3 | Write curriculum | Write proposal | Find administrative home | Find administrative home | Find administrative home |
Step 4 | Write proposal | Write curriculum | Write proposal | Consulting with key stakeholders | Map learning outcomes to university goals |
Step 5 | Identify program director | Find a champion | University curriculum approval | Write proposal | Write proposal |
Step 6 | Find a champion | University curriculum approval | Develop new courses | Write curriculum | Discussion with external consultants |
Step 7 | Discussion with external consultants | Develop new courses | Identify program director | Secure funding | Identify program director |
Step 8 | University curriculum approval | Identify program director | Map learning outcomes to university goals | Map learning outcomes to university goals | University curriculum approval |
Step 9 | Map learning outcomes to university goals | Map learning outcomes to university goals | University curriculum approval | Secure funding | |
Step 10 | Develop new courses | Consult with enrollment & marketing | Develop new courses | Develop budget | |
Step 11 | Develop budget | Secure funding | Apply for Grants | Write curriculum | |
Step 12 | Consult with enrollment & marketing | Discussion with external consultants | Discussion with external consultants | Develop new courses | |
Step 13 | Secure funding | Recruit faculty | Develop budget | Apply for Grants | |
Step 14 | Apply for Grants | Apply for Grants | Recruit faculty | Consult with enrollment & marketing |
* Baccalaureate Certificate programs did not include many of the steps in their responses
How to Cite This Document
Craig M. Klugman, Rachel Conrad Bracken, Rosemary I. Weatherston, Catherine Burns Konefal, Sarah L. Berry (2021). Developing New Academic Programs in the Medical/Health Humanities: A Toolkit to Support Continued Growth. Journal of Medical Humanities 42 (4, 2021). doi: 10.1007/s10912-021-09710-5
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