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Table 4 Suggested Graduate Capabilities of Health Humanities Curriculum for Health Professions Education

From: InspirE5: a participatory, internationally informed framework for health humanities curricula in health professions education

By engaging in Health Humanities education, students will develop capability to:

Observe astutely - have or showing an ability to notice and understand things clearly

Self- Reflect – capacity to exercise introspection.

Appreciate ambiguity – able to deal with increasing uncertainty

Collaborative Critic – use a community approach to examine and potentially produce better understanding of a problem or situation

Practise Evidence Synthesis – bring together all relevant information on a research question to identify gaps and establish an evidence base for best-practice guidance

Engage in Dialogue – demonstrate capacity for an exchange of ideas via communication with others

Interpret Perspectives – to look beyond one’s own point of view, to consider others’ thoughts, opinions and feelings about something

Value the Narrative - to be grounded in the reality of the present and illuminate the reality of the past.

Value Person-centredness – put the interests of the individual receiving care or support at the centre of thoughts and action

Appreciate innovation – an enduring capacity to change and improve

Relational Responsiveness-able to recognize interconnectedness with others, and respond in relation to positive possibilities for going forward