Role Plays Used During A Humanities In Medicine Module: Selected Transcripts Part 2

A medical humanities (MH) module has been conducted at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal for the last four years. The students are divided into small groups and case scenarios, role-plays, paintings and activities are used to explore MH. The module for the fourth batch was conducted from December 2011 to March 2012. In this article the authors provide a brief overview of the MH module, Sparshanam and the learning objectives of different sessions. They provide transcripts of certain role plays conducted during the fourth, fifth and sixth sessions of the module. The role plays were conducted in Nepali with the help and guidance of the facilitators and the written transcripts in English language were provided by different student groups.