Registration is open  for the 2023-2024 Asano Humanities & Health Certificate

The Asano Humanities & Health Certificate is a co-curricular program that rewards sustained engagement in arts and humanities activities throughout the academic year. All Jefferson students are invited to complete the certificate by attending eight (8) Jefferson Humanities & Health events and completing a reflection portfolio of four (4) reflection prompts.

The deadline to attend events and submit portfolio requirements is Monday, March 25, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

Questions? Reach out to Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator.

Jefferson Humanities & Health and The Institute on Disabilities, Temple University, College of Education and Human Development, present File/Life: We Remember Stories of Pennhurst, now running at Helix Gallery in the Hamilton Building from January 17 to April 13.

Over nearly eight decades, more than 10,000 people lived at the Pennhurst State School and Hospital. Their lives contain its history. Who are they? What do their stories have to say to us today? Seven archivists (all people with disabilities and/or family members) share stories from the archives that made them listen, feel, imagine, and remember. In doing so, they ask the question: Can a file ever contain a life? 

From January 13 to August 5, 2024, visit Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health at Philadelphia's Mutter Museum.

This exhibit confronts the crisis of housing insecurity in America through the lens of public health and features the portraiture of Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok and the artwork of Dallas-based artist Willie Baronet, whose installation is composed of hundreds of cardboard signs the artist has purchased over the past thirty years from people experiencing homelessness. 

This exhibit includes  content expertise of Dr. Rosie Frasso, Professor of Population Health, Program Director, Public Health and Director, Mixed Methods Research, Asano-Gonella Center for Medical Education & Health Care, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.

This exhibit is not sponsored by Jefferson Humanities & Health.

We are excited to share with you a virtual Opioid & Pain Management course. Regardless of the type of provider you are training to become, opioid prescribing and pain management will be relevant parts of your practice. This 1–2-hour course discusses opioid prescribing by going through 8 cases featuring different patient populations. Our goal is to fill a gap in medical education regarding opioid knowledge and prescribing so that we can prepare physicians to responsibly prescribe and manage patients' pain care.

The course does not need to be completed in one sitting and is currently part of an ongoing research study. We would greatly appreciate your participation and feedback. 

On the landing page there is a summary of the curriculum and cases. Scroll to the bottom and click "Enter Course," then click "Enroll for free." Please don't skip the pre- and post test.

This course can be taken for one credit towards the Asano Humanities and Health Certificate. Access the attendance survey for participation credit here.