About this item
Highlights
- Medicine in Brief is a collection of poems in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form.
- Author(s): Cynthia Cooper
- 414 Pages
- Poetry, Haiku
Description
About the Book
Author profile:
Dr. Cynthia Cooper is an award-winning medical educator at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Core Educator Faculty for the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is passionate about the use of creative approaches to medical education and making the complex world of Medicine accessible to all learners. She lives in Carlisle, MA with her husband and children.
Illustrator profile:
Dr. Pamela Chen is currently a Pediatrics resident at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center. Her medical interests include education, mentoring and diversity inclusion. Outside of the hospital, she spends her time painting and singing. She lives in Brookline, MA with her husband and mischievous cat.
Book Synopsis
Medicine in Brief is a collection of poems in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem strives to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving both as puzzle and springboard for education about the illness.