In preparation, the Human Flourishing scholars meet at least monthly often over lunch or dinner from December through June and again in August -, with one another and LSP faculty, to formulate a research question or scholarly objective in an area of individual interest related to the topic of human flourishing. In addition, students maintain a process folio of their coursework and complete longer, weekly reflective writing assignments in which they consider the impact of the course activities on their personal and professional lives, and the potential impact of the course on their patients. WebPaul McHugh, then the director of the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, served as an expert witness, alleged that these recovered memories could not be real, Each LSP student is provided with a copy of Being Human (edited by EAC member Leon R. Kass), from which most of the readings are selected. She completed her M.D. Paul McHugh Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Awais Aftab interview, Explanatory Methods in Psychiatry: The Importance of Perspectives," Psychiatric Times. In addition to the LSP activities, which are focused on a select group of medical students, the Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing expands its footprint at the medical school by offering multiple non-credit programs and for-credit courses for any Johns Hopkins University medical student. Academic Psychiatry. Problems with Puberty Suppression in Treating Gender Dysphoria. For example, the discussions of the Hippocratic oath, flourishing, and great discussions of medical school have helped me reflect on my medical school experience whilst in it, something I otherwise would not have had the chance to do.. I am pleased to say this course has been a real highlight of my medical education thus far and I expect the lessons learned will help me become a more empathic and effective physician and overall person., Over the entirety of this course, I feel that I have had the opportunity to reconnect to some of the more reflective aspects of my identity. October of 2007, he traveled to China with former teammate B.J. Donald W. Landry is the Samuel Bard Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief/New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center.