The programme offers a unique perspective within the embryonic interdisciplinary field of health humanities.

Students will have the opportunity to undertake a programme that brings arts and humanities knowledge and practices to bear upon health and wellbeing in relation to, for example:

patient empowerment
self-reflection in health professionals and policymakers
the impact upon bodily markers of health
Students will explore how performing and fine arts, film, literature and other art forms offer creative and intellectually stimulating ways of (re)conceptualizing and (re)presenting health, illness and disability, and are especially good at enriching knowledge of individual and community experiences of health and illness while also challenging structural issues in society.

Innovative, experiential and collaborative approaches will encourage ‘hands-on’ learning, acknowledging and encouraging the expression of personal experiences in the co-construction of Health Humanities and Arts knowledge.