Readers are referred to an article in a 1999 issue of JAMA to discuss whether medical professionalism should be explicitly taught in medical schools and residency programs.

The journal invites students to share their observations and reflections of healing and learning captured in photographs taken during their medical training.

Little-known medical trivia.

Each month, a new article or book chapter on bioethics will be featured to illustrate points of ethical reasoning and promote discussion about the topic.

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap, by 16th century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel, shows how art and visual images have long been used to promote the healing process.

Dr Andrew Scarpelli joins Ethics Talk to discuss what art students need to learn about biology, biotechnology, and biodesign.

The journal invites students to share observations and reflections of healing and learning captured in photographs taken during their medical training.

The journal invites students to share their observations and reflections of healing and learning captured in photographs taken during their medical training.

Close listening is a teachable skill set in which clinicians focus sensory attention on a patient and cultivate space before speaking.

Timothy Nicholas joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Lisa Rainsong and Erin Gentry Lamb: “Using Music to Teach Health Professions Students to Listen Closely and Promote Peace.”