This is JAAPA's medical humanities resource page. The editors and editorial board of JAAPA believe that when PAs take the time to reflect on their professional experiences - and to read and view and discuss the reflections of other medical professionals and patients - the benefits to PAs and to patients are considerable. Such activities can increase PAs' work satisfaction, reducing job stress and burnout. And the medical humanities can help PAs to provide patient-centered care by improving listening skills, increasing empathy, and developing sensitivity to diversity.

Most of the resources on this page offer e-mail newsletters, RSS feeds, or both.

Brian T Maurer's Weblog: Marginal Musings from a New England Author is the blog of JAAPA editorial board member Brian Maurer. He also writes JAAPA's Humane Medicine column.

cell2soul: The Journal of Humane Medicine and the Medical Humanities, is an online journal publishing stories, poems, essays, and humor written by patients as well as medical professionals.

Emergency Medicine Notes is the blog of JAAPA editorial board member Alexandra Godfrey in which she provides personal accounts and discusses the art of emergency medicine.

Humane Medicine, JAAPA's narrative medicine column, is authored by editorial board member Brian Maurer.

Medflix: The Humane Medicine and Film Blog, provides short reviews of films about or related to illness and healing.

Pathographies: A pathography is a narrative that gives voice and face to the illness experience. It puts the person behind the disease in the forefront and as such is a great learning opportunity for all care givers and fellow sufferers. This blog is a repository for these stories.

Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine, publishes personal accounts of illness and healing.

The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online clearinghouse for manuscripts treating the humanities and medicine. It publishes reflective essays, poems, and reviews.