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Book Program
The OCED Book Program began in 2000 to exemplify our commitment to your highest educational and personal growth as medical students here in the School of Medicine. We want all student who join our family of learners to value and appreciate diversity, the impact of cultural differences on health and healthcare, and to remember to continue to pursue other aspects of themselves outside medicine and continue to read broadly.
The books we have sent in the past were selected as stories about culture in general and the culture of medicine as practiced in America, and how they impact our patients’ health outcomes and the health experiences. Below is a list of books previously presented to newly admitted students:
| 2000 | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman |
| 2001 | Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya |
| 2002 | The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing by Lori Arviso Alvord, MD and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt |
| 2003 | If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us about Courage and Character by Fred Epstein, MD, and Joshua Horwitz |
| 2004 | Far From Home: Shattering the Myth of the Model Minority by Mary Chung Hayashi, Founder of the National Asian Women’s Health Organization |
| 2005 | Creative Healers: A Collection of Essays, Reviews, and Poems from The Pharos, 1938-1998 compiled and edited by Edward Day Harris, Jr., MD |
| 2006 | Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on and Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande |
| 2007 | Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder |
| 2008 | Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality by Pauline W. Chen |
| 2009 | The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death by Susan Pories, Sachin H. Jain, Gordon Harper, and Jerome E. Groopan |
| 2010 |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot |
| 2011 |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot |
| 2012 |
A Waiting Room of One's Own: Contexts for The Waiting Room Project, compiled and edited by Sarah Smarsh, Washburn University |
Students have had the opportunity to discuss the book with faculty and other students during one of the academic society meetings and/or had an opportunity to meet the author on campus. Do you have a book you would like to recommend for the book program? Email the book title and author to Maria Alonso Luaces or Pamela Scott.
Last modified:
Apr 02, 2013