Medical Humanities Section

Medical Humanities

To provide a forum for ACEP members interested in fine arts, literature, the humanities research, and the humanistic social sciences. To promote the utilization of literature, arts and the humanities in the instruction of emergency physicians. To promote the medical humanities as a source and means of lifelong learning for emergency physicians.

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November 5, 2026

Dear Dolores

by Rachel Kowalsky, MD, 2026 Writing Award, Prose Winner

November 5, 2026

The Butterfly Doctor

by Leeanne Fagan, MD, 2026 Writing Award, Poetry Winner

November 5, 2026

Examining Deaths in the Presence of Law Enforcement

by Anne Rempel, MD, MS, 2026 Visual Arts Award Winner

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Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards

The Section of Medical Humanities is soliciting submissions for its seventeenth annual Writing Awards.

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