J Med Libr Assoc. 2024 Oct 1;112(4):372-377. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2024.1934. Epub 2024 Oct 7.
History and health humanities instruction offers a framework for professional students to examine the arc and development of their profession as well as develop cultural competencies. Exploring ideas, themes, and health care practices and approaches through historical instruction can show students how culture influences health care and practice, therefore providing a context for further development of cultural competence skills.
This case report describes a collaboration among a dentistry course instructor, a liaison librarian, and curators of a rare book collection. Working together, this team offers an active learning class that examines the historical arc of the dental profession. We aim to have students use primary source materials to examine the experiences, research, and narratives of their profession.
Using a World Cafe with thematic tables allows students to safely examine rare materials and artifacts and have meaningful conversations about themes that are critical to dentistry's past, present, and future. Students reported that engaging with artifacts and historical materials provided a different way to understand history and enhanced their learning experience. Engaging students in this work builds critical thinking skills that are essential to evidence-based practice.
历史和健康人文学科教学为专业学生提供了一个框架，使他们能够审视自己专业的发展轨迹，并培养文化能力。通过历史教学探索思想、主题和医疗保健实践和方法，可以向学生展示文化如何影响医疗保健和实践，从而为进一步发展文化能力技能提供背景。
本案例报告描述了一门牙科课程教师、联络图书馆员和稀有书籍收藏馆长之间的合作。这个团队一起提供了一个主动学习的课程，探讨了牙科专业的历史发展。我们的目标是让学生使用原始资料来研究自己专业的经验、研究和叙述。
使用带有主题桌的世界咖啡馆（World Cafe）允许学生安全地研究稀有材料和文物，并就对牙科过去、现在和未来至关重要的主题进行有意义的对话。学生们报告说，参与文物和历史材料提供了一种理解历史的不同方式，并增强了他们的学习体验。让学生参与这项工作培养了循证实践所必需的批判性思维技能。
