Dr. Delphine Taylor
Course Director (left)
Office: P&S 3-401
Phone: Ext. 5-0344
Email: dst4@columbia.edu

Dr. Michael J. Devlin
Associate Course Director (right)
Office: 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 116
Phone: (212) 543-5748
Email: mjd5@columbia.edu

Building on the experiences of first year, Clinical Practice II continues to emphasize the communication skills needed to become an effective and empathic clinician. The first semester focuses on improving interviewing and listening skills geared toward particular clinical situations. To complement material learned in pathophysiology, pharmacology and psychiatry and physical diagnosis, Clinical Practice workshops provide a hands-on approach to addressing substance abuse, chronic pain and disability, and adherence to medical therapy. Students also practice talking to patients and families about bad news and end-of-life issues. In the second semester, Clinical Practice small groups provide students a format to discuss concerns about caring for patients and practice core skills as they transition to the clinical years.

Narrative Medicine Seminar Series

In the second semester, students will participate in the Narrative Medicine Seminar Series, a series of graduate-level small-group seminars in the humanities taught by P&S faculty and faculty from the main campus. Students may choose among seminars in literature, creative writing, history, life drawing, photography, philosophy, and religious studies. Some of the seminars offered in previous years include, The Philosophy of Death, Faith in the Study of Practice of Medicine, Women's Illness Narratives, Medical Student as a Writer, Fiction Workshop, Photography, Life Drawing, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Physician Activism, and Acupuncture. For a description of seminars offered previously, go to the Program in Narrative Medicine website at www.narrativemedicine.org/ or CP2 website at www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/cp2.

Students may elect to fulfill this requirement instead by enrolling in a main campus course in the humanities in the fall or spring. Course listings on the main campus are available in the Registrar's office in Black Building or online and must be approved in advance. For more information, contact seminar series director Rita Charon at rac5@columbia.edu.